Some are wondering if another person needs to die before the Metro Blue Line extension in Minneapolis area is complete. According to Robbinsdale Council Member George Selman, nine people have passed on
Missouri lawmakers want to Hyperloop rail passengers. California high-speed rail authority releases 2020 business plan. Switch may have caused train derailment in Italy. Canadian National forced to shut down rail lines due
Missouri lawmakers are ready to go tubing. The Missouri House of Representatives passed a measure that calls for the creation of a tube travel system. The endeavor is likely to be funded
Sound Transit scored a victory in court on Feb. 13, but Initiative 976 is still in play.
Indiana’s South Shore Line is going to have a new addition. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) now has the line’s double track project in final engineering phase, which essentially means it has
Advancing California’s leadership in building a modern, clean, and sustainable transportation system, the California High-Speed Rail Authority has issued its Draft 2020 Business Plan for public review and comment. The Draft 2020
So what will happen if I inch just a little closer? Will I see a camera flash? Will sirens start blaring? Will I instantly become a cloud of dust? I’m a little
Washington State Sen. Marko Liias is trying to sell at the Kelley Blue Book price. The lawmaker has drafted a bill that could help Sound Transit remove some of the sting of
Lawmakers in the state of Utah favor shiny and new over dusty and old. Many are calling for an investment in new infrastructure, which will cost millions of dollars, instead of upgrades
The words “rail” and “trail” go together in Santa Cruz County. For decades officials have been trying to push forward a project that would convert an abandon freight rail line into a
The hope that Chicago Transit Authority’s (CTA) Red Line may run a little deeper in the future has not faded one bit. The CTA Board has decided to look into extending the
When Berks County, Pa., bought the Colebrookdale Railroad line in 2009 there were some positive known facts … and now it’s apparent there were some unknowns as well.
Problems at a switch might have caused the deadly Frecciarossa train derailment in Italy last week.
Initiative 976, which was approved by Washington State voters back in November, may not be constitutional, and it continues to be blocked by the courts.
DART gives city of Dallas rail bridge. Widow sues fall protection manufacturer. HART light rail project forces the delay of another major project in Honolulu. Canadian Pacific derailment causes fire.
Just months away from retirement, Walter Burrows was working on Sound Transit’s light rail line to Redmond, Wash., attempting to secure a beam. Burrows lost his balance and fell 35 ft to
It ends at Whittier. After a 13-year battle between South El Monte and Whittier over where the Gold Line light rail from East Los Angeles should end, LA Metro staff announced on
The Honolulu Rail Transit (HART) now has a line running right through the Neal S. Blaisdell Center. Any plans to renovate the civic center have been killed, at least for this year.
Veronique “Ronnie” Hakim, a career transit and transportation professional who has led some of the largest transportation agencies in the country, joined HNTB as national transit and rail market sector leader and
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) will start the process to hand over the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe trestle bridge to the city of Dallas.