Watch: Toronto’s Eglinton Crosstown project reaches milestone

The Eglinton Crosstown project in Toronto has reached a significant milestone. The underpinning process at the Eglinton Station was complete. Underpinning involves reinforcing the existing TTC station so that work on the

Call it SpaceEx Underground; officials approve Musk’s idea of tunnel transit system in Calif.

Days after Elon Musk reached the stars, he found out he will be able to shine below the surface as well. On June 3, the San Bernardino County (Calif.) Transportation Authority’s Board

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Railroad track construction starts at Pikes Peak. Crews take just 36 hours to build tunnel system in Michigan. NTSB releases report on deadly train accident in N.Y. Discussions with Purple Line workers

Watch: Time-lapse video of 36-hour railroad construction in Ann Arbor, Mich.

There was an Amtrak train from Chicago due for arrival, and railroad construction crews in Ann Arbor, Mich., did just about everything in their power to keep it from stopping. Working with

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

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

Tunnel boring machines move forward at L.A.’s Purple Line Extension Project

Skanska, a leading global development and construction firm, together with the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority (L.A. Metro) and Traylor Shea, successfully reached the Wilshire/Fairfax subway station via a tunnel boring machine

Is an immersed tube the answer to Seattle’s bridge problem?

Railway Track & Structures magazine recently ran a web story on Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and her plea for Sound Transit to help build a bridge across the Duwamish Waterway. The current

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

Lawsuits mounting against Ottawa’s Confederation Line; subcontractor claims it dealt with trash and delays

The city of Ottawa’s light rail system, the Confederation Line, continues to take on heat … and lawsuits.

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Light rail could play a major role in Austin’s Project Connect

By 2040, bus rapid transit will not be able to handle all of the stops in the city of Austin, Texas. Officials provided a glimpse of a game-changing transit plan called Project

Bells & Whistles, Episode 19

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