House passes infrastructure bill and shows love for rail construction and development
The House created some timely celebratory fireworks right before the July 4 weekend by passing a $760 billion transportation and water bill on July 1.
The House created some timely celebratory fireworks right before the July 4 weekend by passing a $760 billion transportation and water bill on July 1.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted July 1 to approve a massive infrastructure bill that includes, among other things, nearly $20 million for three critical transportation projects in the downtown Denver area.
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) announced that from Monday, Aug. 2, through Sunday, Aug. 29, crews will work around the clock to replace outdated track including ties, ballast, and rail as well as pavement on the Green Line E Branch between South Huntington Avenue and Brigham Circle Station.
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s (MBTA) Fiscal and Management Control Board has given the OK for $28 million in design work for a third-track project between the West Natick commuter rail station and Wellesley Farms.
Officials in Charlotte, N.C., continue to support a massive transit plan for the region, but the cost has gone up.
Sound Transit’s plan of delaying several projects by years is not going over well with politicians and the public.
Holding up corroded wire from the Hudson River tunnels, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said it is time to begin major construction on the Gateway Project.
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) has awarded Advanced Rail Management, Corp., (ARM) a four-year contract with two option years for optical rail measurement services.
Beginning the night of June 28 Brightline will complete a key connection in expanding high-speed rail in the state of Florida when installation begins on a rail bridge over I-95 in Brevard County.
After months of speculation, BNSF has decided to move forward with plans of replacing the rail bridge over the Skagit River between Mount Vernon and Burlington in the state of Washington.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is taking a closer look at the Hudson River rail tunnels on June 28.
RT&S Editor-in-Chief Bill Wilson covers the top stories of the week ending June 25.
President Biden appeared confident about signing an infrastructure bill into law after meeting with a group of senators on June 24.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) believes the East Side Access project deserves its own office.
The Texas Supreme Court will not hear a case on whether or not Texas Central is legally recognized as a railroad company under state law.
The project schedule for Boston’s Green Line Extension is facing an extension of its own.
Dirt finally moved on the site of the Airport Metro Connector (AMC) project in Los Angeles.
High-speed rail is headed straight for a deathblow, but federal lawmakers could do something about it Maryland’s money-pit rail tunnel set to be replaced With Senate committee’s latest action, is there a
One of the nation’s worst rail bottlenecks will be uncorked in the coming years.
Commuter Rail Coalition Vice Chair Mike Noland (South Shore Line) and Director of Government Affairs John Cline (Cline Strategic Consulting) discuss how the decidedly unsexy issue of excess liability insurance has become an existential threat to commuter railroads with Railway Age Editor-in-Chief William C. Vantuono. They also share the innovative solution in need of bi-partisan support as it’s being shopped on Capitol Hill.