The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA), in conjunction with Dulles Transit Partners, said expected substantial completion of Phase 1 of the Metrorail Silver Line project will be delayed by approximately eight weeks.
Sound Transit‘s Link light rail celebrated its fourth birthday July 11 amid continued strong ridership growth and record-setting trends this summer. The line has carried more than 30 million riders since it opened to the public on July 18, 2009.
Herzog Railroad Services Inc. (HRSI) says its GPS ballast trains “are one of the safest and most efficient advancements of railroad maintenance equipment in decades. The tasks of unloading a ballast train were labor intensive and the risks to personnel were significant.
Stacy and Witbeck, Inc., named George Furnanz president, effective June 12, 2013. Furnanz will take over the responsibilities of company president from John Bollier, who had been president and chief executive officer. Bollier will continue to serve as chief executive officer.
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and other officials recently celebrated the opening of the Four Corners and Newmarket commuter rail stations and the improvements made along the entire Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Fairmount line.
The Northeast Indiana Passenger Rail Association, Inc. (NIPRA), released a business plan laying the groundwork for a regional, 11-city passenger rail corridor between Columbus, Ohio, and Chicago, Ill., through Fort Wayne and Warsaw, Ind.
The city of Cincinnati signed a contract for construction of its streetcar system with Messer/Prus/Delta JV. With this contract now signed, the city has issued a Notice to Proceed to the Messer team.
PortaCo, Inc., launched its new website in June. It was designed to be easy to navigate and has a clean new look.
J.L. Patterson & Associates, Inc. (JLP), received an on-call contract from the city of Anaheim Department of Public Works for design and construction management services for transportation projects.
Canadian Pacific hired veteran railroader Tony Marquis as its new vice president operations Eastern Region with accountability for its Eastern Canada and the Northeast U.S. operations.
SYSTRA hired Anthony Lee, AICP, as planning and environmental manager. He is a professional certified planner with more than 20 years of experience as a client manager, environmental planning group leader and project manager.
Pacific Harbor Line, Inc. (PHL), and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) have signed a new five-year labor agreement covering PHL’s operating and maintenance-of-way employees.
According to Robin Chapman, a Virginia spokesperson for Norfolk Southern, 170 furloughed NS employees are headed back to work, in a story posted on the United Transportation Union‘s website.
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) released the Transit Effectiveness Project’s (TEP) Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR).
K+S Potash Canada and Canadian Pacific signed an exclusive long-term volume-based contract on the transportation of potash products from K+S’ Legacy Site.
The New Jersey Transit Board of Directors approved a Fiscal Year 2014 operating budget that funds a billion dollar capital program and will not include a fare increase for the fourth consecutive fiscal year.
The Denver Regional Transportation District (RTD) and the Federal Transit Administration will evaluate the environmental impact of adding another station to the East Rail Line at 61st Avenue and Peña Boulevard.
The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) continues to study the feasibility of a passenger rail line between Phoenix and Tucson and has now narrowed the list of alternatives down to three.
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley has allocated nearly $650 million in transportation investments for Prince George’s County, including $280 million for design work and land acquisition for the proposed Purple Line light rail transit project.
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) and he California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is holding a series of four public meetings to provide information and seek comment on a proposed new transportation corridor linking Palmdale and Victorville called the High Desert Corridor (HDC).