Purchasing buggy whips? Minn. state senate kills passenger rail line
The Northern Lights passenger rail system has been extinguished permanently in the state of Minnesota.
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$157 million for nothing; officials break down costs of failed passenger route in N.C.
The rail project that never happened in Durham and Orange counties in North Carolina still cost millions of dollars.
LAST WEEK to nominate for Top Projects
The deadline to nominate your top project in North America for the 2022 RT&S Top Projects list is May 7.
Bells & Whistles—A double-decker punch?
The top news stories RT&S was following the week ending April 29.
Environmental clearance for 400 miles of Calif. high-speed rail
The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) Board of Directors certified the Final Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS) and unanimously approved the approximately 90-mile San Jose-to-Merced project section in northern California.
Charles Stewart appointed Executive Director of St. Louis Metro Transit
Bi-State Development (BSD) President and Chief Executive Officer Taulby Roach announced the appointment of Charles Stewart as Executive Director of Metro Transit, effective April 26, having served as Interim Executive Director of Metro Transit since January 26, 2022.
LAX people mover superstructure now complete
Balfour Beatty, part of the LINXS Constructors joint venture, has successfully completed the Los Angeles International Airport’s (LAX) 2.25-mile Automated People Mover (APM) train guideway superstructure (APM) for Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA).
Palo Alto, Calif., still waiting on decisions, funding for grade crossing projects
This is one separation Palo Alto, Calif., wanted no part of, and it deals with funding.
Watch: Project Connect’s Blue Line has two options, and one would demand a lot more money
Austin, Texas, residents have two options for the Project Connect Blue Line: expensive or not so expensive.
O-Train Extension is moving along at an A-OK pace
Ottawa’s O-Train East Extension project got the political ovation treatment on April 26.
Jenny Barket joins DART as chief of staff
After an extensive nationwide search, Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) is pleased to announce that Jenny Barket will join the agency on May 15 as the new chief of staff.
BART extension project into San Jose now facing $1.6B funding gap
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority wants the one thing that has never been done before in the U.S. to be, well, done. However, it is not a done deal.
REMSA introduces its 2022 Innovation Award
The Railway Engineering-Maintenance Suppliers Association (REMSA) has announced a new award program to recognize organizational achievement by a REMSA member.
Confederation Line builder the latest to sue over project
Ottawa’s troubled Confederation Line is now getting peppered with lawsuits.
Options for new I-5 bridge now call for light rail, which killed the project in 2013
Portland light rail was the reason why plans for a new I-5 bridge connecting the state of Washington and Oregon failed years ago.
Lease of dormant Tennessee Pass Line still very much alive
Plans to revive a dormant rail line between Pueblo, Colo., and Dotsero, Colo., are still alive, but what version it will be is in question.
Go Triangle still pushing passenger line to help move 750,000 more people by 2040
With 750,000 people expected to move to the Triangle in North Carolina over the next 20 years, more needs to be done in terms of movement.
Tunnel boring machines make first cut into Toronto extension project
The tunnel boring machines on the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension project got their first taste of work on April 11.
Nominations now open for RT&S Women in Railroad Engineering list
Nominations are now open for RT&S’s 2022 Women in Railroad Engineering list.
RT&S April issue is now online
The April issue of RT&S features the magazine’s 10 under 40 list recognizing the top young talent in the Maintenance-of-Way industry.