The original is so good it deserves a sequel … even though the first is still under construction. Officials in Montreal have decided to expand the REM light-rail project currently being built,
Beginning Saturday, December 19 through Sunday, January 3, Metro will close two Blue Line stations – Franconia-Springfield and Van Dorn St – to advance safety improvements. The two-week station closures will allow
Norfolk Southern announced yesterday that it plans employee furloughs in the mechanical department. This action continues the trend of shrinking employment on Class 1 and other railroads due primarily to the implementation
The Trump Administration today announced a total of $544.3 million in federal funding will be allocated by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to seven transit infrastructure projects in
The Long Island Rail Road has spending issues that relate to both time and money. According to a New York state audit, several infrastructure projects over the past decade or so have
Amtrak has installed Positive Train Control technology on the tracks it owns and expects its systems to be interoperable with host and tenant railroads by year’s end, but it can take steps
CSX announced that the Columbia Tennessee Rail Site in Columbia, Tenn., has been designated a CSX Select Site. Select Sites are development-ready properties along the CSX network where standard land-use considerations and
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced approximately $6.2 million to nine projects in seven states to support comprehensive planning efforts to improve access to public transportation. Funding
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) published a final rule requiring 40 states and the District of Columbia to develop and implement highway-rail grade crossing action plans to improve
The Purple Line project in Maryland is not getting any more ugly, but the state is taking a hit or two. Maryland will pay the companies handling the Purple Line project $100
A virtual open house showing the progress of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT project was recently held, and attendees were able to watch a video highlighting some of the milestones over the last
The National Transportation Safety Board issued Rail Accident Report 20/04 Thursday for its investigation of the Aug. 2, 2017, CSX Transportation, Inc. freight train derailment and release of hazardous materials near Hyndman, Pennsylvania.
The coronavirus pandemic has stalled many railroad projects in 2020, but the railroad crossing intersection improvement project in Decatur, Ga., now seems ready for a jumpstart. City officials met with the public
The MBTA and Keolis Commuter Services announced today that, due to low employee availability because of COVID-19 absences, Commuter Rail will temporarily operate a Reduced Service Schedule starting Monday, December 14. Regular
The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) and the Transit app [Tuesday] released the APTA Ridership Trends dashboard, a new resource providing up-to-date, week-by-week estimations of public transit ridership for agencies across the
NJ Transit CEO Kevin Corbett says his agency will meet the Dec. 31 federal deadline for the successful installation of Positive Train Control (PTC). In fact, he’s so confident he is willing
On Monday, RT&S reported on the dire situation public transit agencies find themselves in due to loss of ridership caused by the pandemic. Yesterday, the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) held
Still in the testing-the-water phase, officials in Washington State, Oregon and British Columbia had another study to wet their appetite about a high-speed line that would zig-zag between the U.S. and Canada.
As Honolulu’s first light-rail line remains unfinished, details are emerging in regards to the final leg of the project … and the bidders behind it. According to officials there were two private
Amtrak, the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) and the Delaware Transit Corporation (DTC) recently completed a $71.2 million project to increase capacity between Wilmington and Newark, Del. on the Northeast Corridor. This