The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) will soon make available $212.3 million in Public Transportation Emergency Relief Program funds to transit agencies to help them recover from major declared di...
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Phillip Eng was recently named as the next Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) general manager, effective April 10. Eng is an engineer with nearly 40 years of experience in transporta...
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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will expand the PATH service along the Newark-World Trade Center line. PATH includes 13 stations in New York City and New Jersey. Before the COVID-19 p...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation said it had awarded 59 grants totaling more than $94 million on Tuesday. The new Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) grant will ...
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Last week, SEPTA announced it would be pausing the King of Prussia Rail project due to inflation and high interest rates. The project would have extended the existing Norristown High Speed Line (N...
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On Thursday, the Rutgers Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT) announced it had partnered with NJ Transit and the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) to create ...
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On Wednesday, Canadian Pacific (CP) and Kansas City Southern (KCS) announced the U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) had approved their joint merger application. Although the railways said it ...
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The Department of Transportation recently recommended the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Silicon Valley Phase II Project receive $500 million in funding. The project is one of 18 large transit pro...
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The American Public Transportation Association (APTA), a nonprofit organization of more than 1,500 public and private sector members, announced the winners of the 2023 Advocacy Champion Awards on Tues...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (US DOT) said it is proposing major investments into rail safety and rail infrastructure as it continues to look into concerns arising from Norfolk Southern’s d...
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Amtrak and the Southern Rail Commission (SRC) will partner to apply federal funds to study a new service between New York City, Atlanta, and Dallas/Fort Worth. The service would be created by exten...
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The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) recently released a statement supporting President Joe Biden’s proposed fiscal year 2024 budget request. When combined with advance appropria...
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg recently recommended 18 large rail and bus rapid transit projects in 11 states to receive $4.45 billion in President Joe Biden's Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Re...
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Siemens Mobility, a passenger rolling stock manufacturer, plans to construct a $220 million advanced manufacturing and rail services facility in Lexington, N.C. The selected site will be a passeng...
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The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) recently awarded nearly $5 million to nine short line rail maintenance and rehabilitation projects through the Short Line Rail Improvement Fund (SLRIF) p...
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A new federal initiative would provide inspections on rail routes that carry high-hazard flammable trains (HHFTs) and trains carrying large volumes of hazmat commodities. The Federal Railroad Admin...
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The American Public Transportation Association (APTA), a nonprofit organization representing all modes of public transportation, recently sent a letter to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg urgin...
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), serving residents in New York City, Long Island, southeastern New York state, and Connecticut, recently held a grand opening ceremony for its Grand Cen...
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Brightline West, a private provider of intercity passenger rail service, recently reached an agreement with several craft rail unions to use highly skilled union labor in jobs required to operate and ...
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U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, wants answers about safety from railroads. In a letter to seven of the largest railroad comp...
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