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Amtrak announces completion of D.C. infrastructure upgrades

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By Liz Carey  |  October 28, 2026

Amtrak announced its intensive nine-day infrastructure upgrade program is finished, just in time for the holiday travel season. The program, called “Pause for Progress” made improvements to the First Street Tunnel just south of Washington Union Station, officials said. “This concentrated construction period allowed our teams to make significant improvements to critical infrastructure while limiting the amount of time it was out of service,” Amtrak Executive Vice President, Strate...

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FTA moves forward on Florida commuter rail project in Broward County

By Liz Carey
October 27, 2026

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced Florida’s Broward County Comm...Read More »

Amtrak’s Hiawatha West receives federal grant funding for extension of service

By Liz Carey
October 26, 2026

Amtrak announced its Hiawatha West service will receive funding through the Federal Railroad Administration’s Consolid...Read More »

MTA chooses designer for Hudson Line Climate resilience initiative

By Liz Carey
October 23, 2026

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced STV, in a joint venture with WSP, will lead design and prelimi...Read More »

American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association awarded federal grant to enhance work force development training

By Melina Druga
October 22, 2026

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recently awarded the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (AS...Read More »

FRA awards more than $2B in rail infrastructure grants

By Liz Carey
October 21, 2026

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration announced it had awarded $2.3 billion in grant...Read More »

NJ Department of Transportation announces new permitting division

By Liz Carey
October 20, 2026

The New Jersey Department of Transportation announced the creation of the Division of Transportation Permitting recently...Read More »

APTA: Households using public transit save $14,100 annually

By Liz Carey
October 19, 2026

A new report from the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) finds that households that choose public transpo...Read More »

Georgia Ports receives permit for $2.3B container terminal project

By Liz Carey
October 16, 2026

Georgia Ports announced it has secured the permit for a $2.3 billion container terminal project from the U.S. Army Corps...Read More »

Michigan to invest $65M into public transit projects statewide

By Liz Carey
October 15, 2026

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced her state will invest $65 million in public transit projects statewide, as well...Read More »

Illinois Department of Transportation begins work on I-74, John Deere Road project

By Liz Carey
October 14, 2026

Work has begun on the I-74 and John Deere Road interchange reconstruction project, officials with the Illinois Departmen...Read More »

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