CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) announced a multi-year program centered around infrastructure, focusing on $50.6 billion over a period of six years.
MIAMI –– Despite the popularity of Brightline’s Florida service and eager anticipation of the opening of Brightline West, the carrier is dealing with some choppy air.
BALTIMORE – In a video, Maryland Purple Line Senior Project Director Ray Biggs II gives a progress update on the Purple Line project.
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) awarded the Phase 1 preconstruction services contract for the Link Union Station Project Phase A to FlatironDragados.
NEW YORK CITY – Amtrak offers an update on the East River Tunnel Rehabilitation project.
DENVER – Regional Transportation District (RTD) is beginning track surfacing work along the N Line from Union Station to Eastlake/124th Station in Thornton.
MINNEAPOLIS – Metropolitan Council says it is working to minimize impacts to property during construction of the Blue Line Extension project.
PALMER, Mass. – A proposed new Amtrak station located between Springfield and Worcester is part of the “Compass Rail” plan for more intercity passenger service in the Commonwealth.
SEATTLE – Sound Transit is weighing growing costs on the Everett Link light rail extension.
TORONTO – Metrolinx takes a look at the types of cranes used for subway construction in downtown Toronto.
ST. LOUIS – A MetroLink Green Line that would traverse north to south is cancelled for St. Louis.
MANHASSET, N.Y. – The MTA replaced the 128-year-old Webster Avenue Bridge in Manhasset, New York.
BALTIMORE – The MDOT MTA released the September 2025 Purple Line newsletter. It includes construction updates, a business spotlight, and an interview with a systems oversight engineer.
PETALUMA, Calif. – Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District (SMART) has awarded the construction contract for the Healdsburg extension.
LOS ANGELES – LA Metro’s nine-mile extension of the A Line opens September 19 at noon.
DALLAS – DART will hold a celebration to mark the arrival of the Silver Line on October 25.
PORTLAND, Ore. – TriMet announces a two-part MAX improvements project will start in October 2025.
NORTH BAY, Ontario – The Ontario Government completed the North Bay Rail Bypass in northern Ontario.
SEATTLE – Sound Transit began testing Sept. 8 with its first powered light rail vehicle crossing the I-90 floating bridge.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – , NJ Transit, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, and city officials kicked off a rehabilitation project on Tuesday, Sept. 9 to make modifications to the New Brunswick Station.