MTA trains have more zip thanks to signal upgrade

More Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) subway trains are on schedule, and that has to do with a massive effort to replace train signals.

How much more? Cost of crash wall on Southwest line in Minnesota spikes 356%

The Metropolitan Council knows who is going to pay for this wall, but the new price is staggering.

Sound Transit’s Hilltop Tacoma Link Extension project hits the home stretch

Crews have completed track work on Martin Luther King Jr. Way for the Hilltop Tacoma Link Extension, marking 75% completion of the project. More than 22,000 linear feet of track is now installed.

SFMTA tries to figure out transit congestion on 4th Street Bridge

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) is trying to come up with a solution to congestion with its T Third Line on the 4th Street Bridge in San Francisco.

Bells & Whistles—LIRR project stopped after worker electrocuted

Ambitious capital plan of New York’s MTA is now back on track thanks to federal relief MTA launches safety investigation after LIRR third track electrocution Washington Metro puts workers in danger during

Derailment forces MBTA to take new trains out of service, repair infrastructure

When it’s new and shiny, the last thing you want to see is dents and dings.

Red Line is ‘never going to happen’ in N.C. so officials are against sales tax increase

The plan to expand transit in the city of Charlotte, N.C., and the surrounding areas may never make it off the drawing board.

Progress Rail

SamTrans will discuss options with public regarding Dumbarton Rail Corridor project

With Facebook back on board, it’s time for the San Mateo County Transit District (SamTrans) to face time with residents about the Dumbarton Rail Corridor project.

L.A. Metro’s Elsie makes another break through for Purple Line Extension Project

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) announced that its first tunnel boring machine (TBM), named Elsie, has officially broken through to the Wilshire/La Cienega subway station site in Beverly Hills.

Class 1 fuel surcharges

Bells & Whistles—Calif. high-rail project digs deeper in trouble

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

Purple Line

Maryland governor likes the private involvement in troubled Purple Line, sees using the approach in the future

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan did not like Red a few years ago, but he has higher hopes for something like a Purple.

Designers can’t stand the sight of proposed light-rail section, quit

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.

Orange County Transportation Authority ready for public input on siding extension project

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.

Bells & Whistles—The $100 billion rail tunnel project

The top news stories RT&S was covering the week ending Feb. 12.

Desperation? Washington Metro looks to bond sales for second time in less than a year to help fund capital projects

A federal bailout kept Washington’s Metro from a disaster, but more is needed to avoid another one.

Ontario is not sure it will choose light rail, but is certain it needs federal funding

If full is not the way to go, then Ontario must look at it as partially full.

Norfolk Southern is not the only one preventing light-rail growth in Charlotte, N.C.

City officials in Charlotte, N.C., said on Feb. 8 that before an ambitious Transformational Mobility Network can unfold the Red Line must be established first.

As Congress pushes stimulus bill forward, transit agencies continue to plead for financial help

New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Chairman and CEO Patrick Foye assembled a coalition of 22 transit agencies from across the country who sent a letter urgently calling on Congress to deliver

SBCTA chooses The Boring Company for light-rail tunnel work

Plans for an underground transit loop between the Rancho Cucamonga Metrolink station and Ontario International Airport (ONT) in California took a giant step forward when the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority (SBCTA)

Advocacy group tries to tell MARTA what to do financially regarding BeltLine project

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) does not need to be told how to spend money. However, that is exactly what advocacy group BeltLine Rail Now is doing via a white

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