For 30 days this summer, crews working on the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s East Side Access megaproject will build heavy concrete slabs that will serve as the ceiling of a new underpass at the busy Harold Interlocking switching complex in Sunnyside, Queens.
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 Denver Regional Transportation District’s (RTD) contractor for the East Rail Line, Denver Transit Partners (DTP), installed the first track toward Denver International Airport (DIA) along Peña Boulevard on July 17.
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.
Metropolitan Transit Authority New York City Transit brought FASTRACK back to the Bronx on the Concourse D Line July 15. D train service will be suspended in both directions between 205th Street and 161st Street-Yankee Stadium for four consecutive weeknights until early morning July 18.
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.
Santa Monica Mayor and Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) Board Member Pam O’Connor is the new chair of the Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority Board of Directors,
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 Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC) and the Friends of Riverside’s Hills reached a settlement to end litigation that has blocked the development of the Perris Valley Line Metrolink Project.
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.
