The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) expressed support for President Joe Biden’s fiscal year (FY) 2023 budget request, citing its increased funding for public transit and passenger ...
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A new national poll has found that both Republican and Democratic voters support more and better trains and are willing to spend more federal dollars to get them. According to the Rail Passengers ...
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Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, along with Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, Massachusetts Transportation Secretary and CEO Jamey Tesler, and several other state, local, and federal elected leaders to celebrat...
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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan welcomed Hitachi Rail Monday, as the company announced it would be establishing a new railcar manufacturing operation in Washington County in his state. The company said ...
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The administration of Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker filed a $9.6 billion infrastructure bond bill on Thursday. The bill “An Act Relative to Massachusetts’s Transportation Resources and Clim...
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On Monday, President Joe Biden and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced the agency had awarded $409.3 million in grants to 70 transit projects in 39...
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The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) announced Thursday that it supports the House and Senate Appropriations Committee leaders on their bipartisan, bicameral agreement on the Consolid...
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The Federal Railroad Administration recently awarded the Minnesota Department of Transportation and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) a $31.8 million Consolidated Rail Infrastructure...
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The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) recently awarded $2.2 billion to 35 recipients in 18 states to help public transportation agencies pay for day-to-day operations as they continue to provide es...
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Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) announced Friday that the state had received nearly $15 million in grants and loans for five freight rail projects acr...
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Amtrak and Penn Station Partners announced Thursday that construction on the Baltimore Penn Station has begun. The project, which will transform and renew Baltimore’s main transportation hub, wi...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) will partner with Norfolk Southern (NS) to finalize improvements to increase passenger-rail service west of Harrisburg on the NS-owned corridor....
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San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) recently resumed accepting deliveries of new Fleet of the Future rail cars. The agency stopped accepting new cars in January 2021 to allow the manufactur...
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Siemens Mobility announced Monday that it had won a 12-year contract to support rail services in San Diego. The $80 million Technical Support Spares Supply Agreement with North County Transit Dist...
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Two of 75 new Amtrak locomotives went into service Tuesday, the first of a series of cleaner, faster, and more fuel efficient locomotives made in the United States, Amtrak announced Tuesday. The lo...
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The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is seeking nominations for the Transit Advisory Committee for Safety (TRACS). It will select up to 25 individuals from the public transportation safety com...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced Thursday that more than $4.7 billion in transit funding was available to transit agencies, states, and Tribal g...
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A new analysis of U.S. bridges by the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) has found that nearly 224,000 bridges across the country need major repairs. Analyzing the U.S. ...
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New Jersey recently awarded $3.8 million in fiscal year 2022 Transit Village grants to 14 municipalities in nine counties. The sum is the largest amount awarded in a single year. “The increa...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation announced it is making available $1.5 billion in Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant funds. The RAISE program help...
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