Metrolink announced [Friday] it was awarded up to $13.6 million of Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Section 130 Program Funds for safety improvements at four grade crossings along its Antelope Valley Line in the cities of Palmdale and Lancaster.
Will New York receive a downpour of federal funding to serve the ‘subway desert’? Going cheap on section of high-speed rail project in Calif. has created hefty cost overruns L.A. councilman calls
The Sound Transit Board has approved a motion to transfer 10 surplus property sites in the Rainier Valley at no cost to the City of Seattle for the development of affordable housing, as a part of a partnership that includes a $10 million commitment from the city to build affordable homeownership opportunities.
The U.S. DOT is providing a $908 million loan to the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) for the Silver Line Regional Rail Project.
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) will unveil its 2021 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure next Wednesday, March 3, 2021 at 10 a.m. ET through a virtual news conference.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan did not like Red a few years ago, but he has higher hopes for something like a Purple.
Work continues on the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Silver Line Regional Rail project with the start of construction on the Josey Lane bridge in Carrollton.
WRDW and WAGT News reported that a Norfolk Southern locomotive collided with a CSX train in Augusta, Ga.
A Los Angeles councilman believes Union Pacific has let itself go and is demanding an intervention at the railroad’s expense.
For the week ending Feb. 20, total U.S. rail traffic of 377,904 carloads and containers fell 21.7% vs. the same week last year, reported the Association of American Railroads on Feb. 24.
Design firms of the REM light-rail system in Montreal can’t stand the sight of a section of track, so they have decided to walk.
A Norfolk Southern train derailed on Monday evening in Pennsylvania. Amtrak tweeted that two of it’s trains that run on this line were canceled.
Business and railcars are now moving at the new Savannah Gateway Industrial Hub (SGIH) in Effingham County, Ga.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported yesterday that SEPTA wants to spend $40 million in federal funds the agency received for Covid-19 relief. However, they don’t want to spend it on Covid-19 relief.
The Orange County Transportation Authority and Metrolink is inviting the public to learn more about a proposed railroad track project in Dana Point, Calif., to provide safer and more reliable train service.
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) has selected the design-build team of Hensel Phelps-Stantec to design and deliver the WMATA Rail Heavy Repair and Overhaul (HRO) Facility, located in Prince George’s County, Maryland.
New York’s “transit desert” could get a line that leads to the great oasis.
Just shy of a month ago, RT&S reported that the Metropolitan Atlanta Transit Authority (MARTA) was beginning “state of good repair” work on it’s heavy rail lines north of the Lindbergh Center, running through Buckhead and Lenox stations.
Crowley and Watco are partnering to create a single-source terminal and supply chain management solution to support the emerging offshore wind industry.
About a year ago, RT&S has reported on accusations of individual shippers and shipper groups (which has now grown to 200 shippers) that BNSF, CSX, NS and UP colluded to fix prices through fuel-surcharge programs beginning in 2003.
