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
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Workers set to leave Maryland’s Purple Line project
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
Bells & Whistles—5/1/20
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
Watch: First trip of Toronto’s Crosstown line underground; station construction progress
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
Look: Work on Boston’s Green Line Extension is in full swing
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
Watch: High-speed rail pergola construction in Calif.
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
COVID-19 has Sound Transit’s capital plan reeling
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
Watch: Latest progress video on high-speed rail construction in Calif.
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,
Herzog Contracting, Stacy and Witbeck, Inc. awarded streetcar extension project in K.C.
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
Look: Metra fixes tightest track curve; workers wear masks during pandemic
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
Bells & Whistles—4/24/20
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
BART puts small businesses to work on the railroad during pandemic
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) is taking unprecedented steps to increase the opportunities available to small businesses during the coronavirus outbreak, helping to continue essential construction projects and keeping small business employees
Strictly fantasy: A look at Bay Area transit in 40 years
What could transit look like in northern California, specifically the San Francisco Bay area? Over the next decade, Caltrain electrification and the Bay Area Rapid Transit’s (BART) extension to San Jose will
Troubled Hawaii light rail project gets more troubling news
The first official light rail project for the state of Hawaii has been tarred in controversy for years, but the latest news has the COVID-19 pandemic dumping on the job. Honolulu Authority
Watch: Boring machines pulled from Toronto’s Crosstown light rail project
Toronto’s Eglinton Crosstown light rail project continues to hum along, as workers push to construct 24 stations along the 19-km route. Two tunnel boring machines were recently lifted from the project, marking
Bells & Whistles—4/17/20
Bonds approved for Virgin Trains USA’s rail route from Las Vegas to southern California. Third lawsuit against Maryland’s Purple Line project fails. Union says railroad companies need to use unemployed workers before
Special Report: On the Front Line—MARTA has a plan in place to preserve social distancing when shelter-in-place orders are lifted
Clear the area. That should be the first priority for transit agencies when shelter-in-place orders are finally lifted. As a measure of preserving social distancing, rail platforms will have to be cleared
Report: California OKs $600MM for Virgin Trains high-speed project
According to a report in the Review Journal, a California finance committee unanimously approved the allocation of $600 million in tax-exempt bonds to go toward the Virgin Trains USA high-speed rail project
RailWorks Corp. to provide track maintenance services in Maryland
RailWorks Corp., North America’s leading rail infrastructure solutions provider, was awarded a contract to provide its market-leading track and maintenance services for Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration (MDOT MTA) Metro
Purple Line construction in Maryland a go after third lawsuit is dismissed
Construction on Maryland’s Purple Line is no longer under a “stop-in-place” order. Lawsuits forced work to be put on pause, but on April 13 a federal judge dismissed the third and final