A new transportation center at West Virginia University will pour $1.5 million in federal dollars toward rural transportation challenges, officials said Tuesday. The Sustainable Mobility and Acces...
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The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) surpassed 1 million paying customers traveling in or out of Grand Central Madison Terminal on April 7. The terminal opened to full service on Feb. 27. "One mi...
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Amtrak has issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for construction services as part of its launch of the procurement phase of the East River Tunnel Rehabilitation Project between New Jersey and New...
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The Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration recently signed agreements with Delaware Transit Corp. and the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority for the potential future expa...
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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced last week that it will roll out the first 72 new rail cars starting April 17. Part of Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH), the 13.8-mile rapi...
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The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) recently published details about the formula funding used to help communities maintain and operate trains, buses, and ferries. A total of $14 billion will ...
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The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) recently completed its $255 million purchase of Widett Circle, a component to improve commuter rail service in Boston. Widett Circle is 24 acr...
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The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) recently awarded the Twin Cities’ Metropolitan Council a $239.3 million Capital Investment Grants program grant award for its Gold Line Bus Rapid Transit (BR...
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On Monday, the Mississippi legislature voted to fund nearly $2 billion in state infrastructure projects through the Mississippi Department of Transportation. MDOT received $1.5 billion earmark-fre...
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Amtrak recently completed its $3.2 million station upgrade project in Gastonia, N.C. “Making our stations accessible to all customers is a priority, and we’re actively performing construction, ...
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The U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory and Progress Rail and the Federal Railroad Administration will complete the third phase of a three-phase biofuel research project. The ...
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In February, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) concluded a series of six working group meetings on the agency’s Amtrak Daily Long-Distance Service Study. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law...
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New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), serving 12 counties in Downstate New York, recently unveiled a new overpass in Garden City that will carry the Long Island Rail Road’s (LIRR...
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On Thursday, as more than 120 U. S. Representatives called for Congress to fully fund public transit Capital Investment Grants (CIG), the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) said it agre...
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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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