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.
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.
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.
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.
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,
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).
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).
Phoenix’s Valley Metro and Valley Metro Rail has elected new board officers for FY 13-14.
The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) will temporarily close the Kimball Brown Line station for nine days beginning early Saturday, July 13, to allow crews to replace track and rail system components that are 50 years old and beyond their useful life.
The first weekend in July saw crews making repairs to the Greenpoint G Tube as Metropolitan Transportation Authority New York City Transit launched the Fix & Fortify initiative to repair and strengthen portions of the system damaged in the wake of Superstorm Sandy.
Tutor Perini Corporation has recently been awarded a contract by Amtrak to construct an underground concrete casing (box tunnel) beneath the Eastern Rail Yard of the Hudson Yards site in New York City.