The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority announced its 2026 – 2030 MBTA Capital Investment Plan is open for three weeks of public comment. The proposed plan includes more than 670 capital ...
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The Ohio Rail Development Commission, which works to preserve and improve rail service, recently awarded Cirba Solutions, a battery recycling company, a $150,000 grant to install a new rail spur at it...
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Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) said more than $4.2 billion in investments by its customers last year helped the freight rail provider and its partners create more than 1,000 jobs. In ...
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The Site Selectors Guild recently recognized several Norfolk Southern-served industrial development properties as REDI Sites. Norfolk Southern previously had three industrial development sites cer...
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Oakland, Calif.,-based Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) recently announced that it has managed to eliminate a projected $35 million budget deficit for the fiscal year starting July 1 by making cuts and i...
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Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) recently launched South Coast Rail and the beginning of service on the new Fall River/New Bedford Commuter Rail Line. The South Coast Rail Program...
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The nation’s first battery-electric train went into revenue service on Friday, OmniTRAX announced. OmniTRAX said it’s Ohio rail affiliate, Newburgh & South Shore Railroad (NSR) had placed the ...
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Without a funding solution by the end of spring, thousands of Chicago’s workers could lose access to transportation for their daily commute, transit agencies said Friday. The warning, from the R...
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Work underway on the Hudson Tunnel Project will support 20,200 direct, indirect, and induced full-time equivalent workers and will generate $4.5 billion in economic output and $1.7 billion in labor in...
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy threatened the New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority with withholding of federal funds if it doesn’t clean up its subways and buses. In a letter t...
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A $1.4 billion proposal would stabilize Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s (MBTA) finances. Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey’s proposed transportation plan would provide $8 billion ove...
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The U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) said it will review Norfolk Southern Corporation and Norfolk Southern Railway Company’s (NS) bid to acquire Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line (NPBL) Railroad...
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The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) has launched a statewide survey to gauge the public’s input on what the state’s transportation priorities should be. After gathering informati...
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OmniTRAX, one of the country’s fastest growing privately held rail management companies, announced it has entered into a joint venture for the acquisition of Santa Maria Valley Railroad. The acq...
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Sound Transit, the public transportation agency for Washington’s Puget Sound area, saw total boardings increase 12 percent in 2024 in the One Regional Card for All (ORCA) region compared to 2023. ...
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Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) and Patriot Rail Co., a short line and regional rail service provider, plan to build a multicommodity transload facility on CPKC's network in Denton, Texas. The...
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The Columbia Basin Railroad (CBRW) announced it has donated Segment 3 of its rail line to the Port of Moses Lake as part of the development for the Northern Columbia Basin Railroad Project. The do...
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Metra, a rail system serving the six-county Chicago area, is seeking public feedback on what riders think about the potential renaming of lines. Union Pacific Railroad is transitioning the Union Pa...
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Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy recently signed into law legislation that gives the Alaska Railroad Corp. (ARRC) the ability to issue up to $135 million in revenue bonds. Bonds will be used to fund the c...
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In a series of letters, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy recently urged Washington, D.C., leaders to improve safety on the city’s transportation systems by making improvements that priori...
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