Despite one city’s opposition, L.A. Metro moves forward with C Line extension
L.A. Metro has now entered the final planning phase for a $1 billion light rail line extension from Redondo Beach to Torrance.
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UPDATED MAY 8—Rail Group Staff Report: Global railway industry recovery from COVID-19
This continually updated staff report from the editors at Railway Age, Railway Track & Structures and International Railway Journal now shifts to the latest developments surrounding recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, which
Project Connect’s Gold Line in Austin, Texas, goes from bus rapid transit to light rail
Austin’s Project Connect is going to disconnect from bus rapid transit on the Gold Line. Updated regional population data has the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority going with light rail instead. Travis County
Rail Group On Air: The construction of Edmonton’s Tawatina Rail Bridge
Railway Track & Structures magazine Editor-in-Chief Bill Wilson talks to Jerry Pfuntner from Finley Engineering Group about the construction of the Tawatina Rail Bridge in Edmonton. Access our entire library of Rail
More MARTA, other capital programs for Atlanta transit might suffer in the wake of COVID-19
Before the COVID-19 pandemic put a sledgehammer to the nation’s economy, Atlanta’s MARTA was planning on a big expansion. Now it might be looking at a big contraction. The Atlanta Regional Commission
Workers at LIRR’s Third Track project battle coronavirus head on the right way
You are not supposed to be able to work around something you can’t see, but the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) is dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic while still working on its
A streetcar with desire? NYC mayor still wants to move forward with light-rail plan despite critics
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and a tighter budget, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio still seems committed to the BQX streetcar project. The mayor refused to say the project, an 11-mile
Momentum continues to build on Southwest LRT project in Minnesota
Construction on the Southwest LRT project in Minnesota continues, and for the entire month of May Wooddale Avenue in St. Louis Park will be closed as crews build the new Cedar Lake
Workers set to leave Maryland’s Purple Line project
Frustrated by one delay after another, the builders currently working on Maryland’s Purple Line project say they will leave the project because the state is not paying for the delays and cost
Watch: First trip of Toronto’s Crosstown line underground; station construction progress
Toronto’s Eglinton Crosstown light-rail project is moving along swiftly. After the tunnel boring machines came back up to the surface and were removed, Metrolinx, an agency created to improve the coordination and