On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) finalized three reports looking at the safety and performance of long trains. The FRA said it recently...
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On Thursday, U.S. Rep. Sam Groves (R-MO), chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee, said the House had approved the Rail Rolling Stock Protection Act, a bill prohibiting trans...
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On Monday, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced new rules that will require certification and training programs for train dispatchers and signal em...
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On Friday, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) announced it had awarded $37 million in grant funding available to support regional public transportation. The funding will be u...
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On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced it was making available more than $2 billion in funding for projects along the Northeast Corridor....
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NJ TRANSIT, the nation's largest statewide public transportation system, and Amtrak recently announced that the Portal North Bridge has reached 50 percent completion. “This landmark achievement...
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) recently completed upgrades to MTA Metro-North Railroad maintenance and operations hub in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y. Upgrades include opening a two story...
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The Federal Highway Administration recently awarded the city of Philadelphia a $14.2 million Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation (PROTECT) Prog...
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The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) recently awarded 11 freight rail projects $9.6 million in Minnesota Rail Service Improvement program funding. The funding was approved during the ...
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) will begin Central Business District Tolling, its congestion pricing program, in Manhattan’s Congestion Relief Zone on June 30. The zone, located bel...
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The Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI) at San Jose State University recently published a report on cybersecurity for public transit agencies. The report, Is There a Light at the End of the Tunne...
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On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) said it would seek public comments on its revisions to policy guidance for the Capital Investment Grants (CIG...
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Republican members of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee are urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to deny the California Air Resource Board’s (CARB’s) authoriza...
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The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) recently recognized transit agencies for their innovative approaches to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The recognitions were part of the U.S. Departm...
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Norfolk Southern Corp. management, led by CEO Alan Shaw, has made a multimillion-dollar mistake in hiring an embattled executive as its new chief operating officer, says activist investor Ancora Holdi...
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Amtrak recently issued a request for information, seeking options to transform the company’s rail fleet to zero-emissions technology. Reponses will be used to inform future procure decisions. ...
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On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) joined his Senate colleagues in urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to oppose a California Air Resources Board (CARB) rule that the Senators said ...
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) recently appointed Rob Free as Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) president. In his new role, Free will oversee the railroad’s 700 miles of tracks and 1...
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The Regional Transportation District (RTD), a public transportation agency serving residents in eight Colorado counties, recently began the two year Accelerating Innovative Mobility pilot project inte...
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On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced that $20.5 billion in federal funding would be available to support public transit across the coun...
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