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
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
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
Union Pacific train derails in downtown Rockford, Ill. Groups want transit, not highway work, in New Jersey. Repairs to Ottawa light rail line will be done sooner. Sound Transit tries to figure
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
Skanska, a leading global development and construction firm, together with the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority (L.A. Metro) and Traylor Shea, successfully reached the Wilshire/Fairfax subway station via a tunnel boring machine
A drop in ridership during the COVID-19 pandemic is allowing the contractor who constructed the city of Ottawa’s Confederation Line to come up with a cure for several problems on the light
The city of Boston is famous for its Green Monster, which is the high left-field wall at the home of baseball’s Boston Red Sox, also known as Fenway Park. However, lately the
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on April 26 that the L Project tunnel rehabilitation had been completed three months earlier than the most aggressive original schedule of 15-18 months, and under
Following is a staff report from the editors at Railway Age, Railway Track & Structures and International Railway Journal that will be continuously updated with the latest developments surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic
Crews at the Wasco Viaduct in California prepare shafts that will support a pergola for high-speed rail to go over existing freight tracks. Watch the video: For the latest news, go to
As the COVID-19 pandemic chews a bigger hole in the purses of public transit agencies across the country, Sound Transit is taking a hard look at its capital plan and will be
To ensure that social distancing will not be an obstacle to sharing the Association of American Railroads’ (AAR) important industry research, the 25th Annual AAR Research Review will be held in a new all-digital webinar format.
Instead of paying tolls, certain groups in New Jersey want to pay fares. The New Jersey Turnpike Authority did not have on its April 28 meeting agenda a toll plan to spend
Progress continues to be made on high-speed rail construction in California. The California High Speed Rail Authority recently released video on construction near Kimberlina Road and S.R. 43. For the latest news,
KC Streetcar Constructors (KCSC), a joint venture of Herzog Contracting Corp. and Stacy and Witbeck, Inc., has been awarded the Construction-Manager-at-Risk (CMAR) contract to begin preconstruction activities for the Kansas City Streetcar
Chicago Metra workers have been busy replacing the Canal Street crossing just north of Chicago’s Union Station. It is the tightest track curve in the system. Once completed, it will provide a
On the eve of Georgia’s grand re-opening, the one the entire nation is talking about, MARTA has an incredible task on its hands. Last week the transit agency had its first COVID-19-related
Highlights from Amtrak’s April 23, 2020 press conference with new President and CEO Bill Flynn, Board Chair Tony Coscia and Senior Executive Vice President Stephen Gardner. The three answer questions about Amtrak’s
Bay Area Rapid Transit helps small businesses during pandemic. Seattle’s bridge answer could come in the form of immersed tube. Broken rail might have caused Canadian Pacific derailments. More time, money tacked
Railway Track & Structures magazine recently ran a web story on Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and her plea for Sound Transit to help build a bridge across the Duwamish Waterway. The current