The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) Board of Directors has certified the Final Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (Final EIR/EIS) and approved the approximately 43-mile project for the San Francisco-to-San Jose section.
The top news stories RT&S was following the week ending Aug. 19.
A variety of factors have forced a group of Sound Transit light rail projects to be delayed, pushing back the opening of the lines.
The U.S. DOT has awarded over $233 million to 11 projects in eight states to improve and modernize vital intercity passenger rail service.
The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) Board of Directors approved contracts to advance design of the 52.4 total miles that will extend the project into Merced and Bakersfield.
Contractors working for BNSF Railway installed the final deck girder segment on the nearly one-mile-long bridge across Lake Pend Oreille near Sandpoint, Idaho, during the first half of August.
Closing statements in the case involving the Ottawa Confederation Line is not the last you will hear about the issues involving the contractor and the city.
Few rail projects have received as much ink, photographic, and video coverage as those attempting to develop high-speed rail (HSR) in North America.
DART is working on a 26-mile Silver Line project that will traverse seven cities between DFW Airport, Grapevine, Coppell, Dallas, Carrllton, Addison, Richardson, and Plano, and line will feature 10 new stations.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, joined by leaders of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority on a ceremonial first ride, announced the opening of the first section of the Long Island Rail Road’s new Main Line Third Track.
The top news stories RT&S was covering the week ending Aug. 12.
Trucks hitting the bottom of railroad bridges is nothing new, but a hit that completely dislodges a beam is a little bit out of the ordinary.
When he got up on the morning of Aug. 8, David Starr had no thoughts of being an emergency flagger.
One of the widest bridges in the world is finally opening its arms for light rail transit.
The top news stories of the week.
My son came off looking like an unlucky racoon sprawled across the pavement.
Residents in Palo Alto, Calif., have been waiting long enough for high-speed rail, and if plans go accordingly motorists will be waiting for high-speed rail long into the future.
Crews for the Hurontario LRT project are working to connect a creek near Port Credit GO Station.
NJ Transit and Amtrak are replacing the century-old Portal Bridge over the Hackensack River in New Jersey with a higher bridge that will not have to open and close for river traffic.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) announced that Denton Avenue and Tanners Pond Road in Garden City have reopened to vehicular traffic.