WASHINGTON –– [This week], the National Transportation Safety Board applauded a new Federal Transit Administration final rule aimed at protecting rail transit roadway workers.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) [this week] announced more than $2.4 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding for 122 rail improvement projects in 41 states and Washington, D.C. These projects will make rail safer, more reliable, and more resilient, getting goods and people where they need to be quickly with fewer disruptions, lower shipping costs and less pollution.
SEATTLE – Sound Transit has completed the longest bridge in light rail work. In the Federal Way and Kent neighborhoods, Sound Transit could begin testing its system integration by the end of 2024.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is issuing a regulation to make transit workers safer, nationwide, by mandating standards to protect them while working on transit railways. This is the latest action from the Biden-Harris Administration to protect transit workers, keeping them safer at work.
FARGO, N.D. – From BNSF’s Rail Talk, Mike Pagel writes about bridge construction in the Fargo, North Dakota/Moorhead, Minnesota region.
SAN FRANCISCO –– The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA or MUNI) is about to embark on a project to replace the floppy disk-driven computer system that was installed in 1998.
NEW YORK CITY – Delta Railroad Services has expanded its East Coast footprint with offices in New York City.
ATLANTA – The digital edition of Railway Track & Structures’ November 2024 issue is available online.
PHILADELPHIA –– SEPTA’s largest local of the Transport Workers Union, 234, may strike in early November after the current contract expires, with talks over a new one stalled.
SEATTLE – Sound Transit announced it has selected the route and station locations along the future West Seattle Link Extension (WSLE). With construction set to start in 2027, the project can now move toward the final design phase.
SAN FRANCISCO – BART was awarded $25 million from Cycle 7 Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program (TIRCP) for the North Berkeley Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Mobility Enhancements Project.
PHILADELPHIA – For the first of three, Amtrak awards HNTB a construction contract for the Zoo to Paoli Electrification Transmission Line Program. The contract is for construction management support the substation at Bryn Mawr and Bryn Mawr to Paoli segment.
ATLANTA – The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) will stop service to Indian Creek Station to allow for a pedestrian bridge installation from December 8-9, 2024.
WESTPORT, N.Y. – Amtrak, the FRA, the town of Westport, and Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) have completed accessibility improvements to the Westport Station in New York.
TORONTO – Metrolinx has finished accessibility upgrades at Eglinton GO Station.
NEWARK – NJ TRANSIT begins fall track maintenance by using two AquaTrack machines to clean and remove leaves from the rails.
DENVER – Regional Transportation District (RTD) announced it has lifted northbound speed restrictions between its Southmoor and Colorado stations.
CHICAGO – Metra’s 147th Street/Sibley Station will reopen on October 28th after a two-year passenger station project.
SEYMOUR, Conn. – The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) announced service on Metro-North’s Waterbury Branch Line will resume on Monday, October 28th following damage sustained to the line in August.
SEATTLE – Sound Transit gives an update on four different light rail projects across its network.