The State of Maryland, along with its partners – Meridiam, Star America, and Fluor - announced Tuesday that they had reached a $250 million agreement to settle all outstanding financial claims and l...
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Walt Disney World Resort and Brightline announced Monday they have entered into an agreement to build a train station at the popular shopping, dining, and entertainment complex, Disney Springs. Th...
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Amtrak, along with the town of Brattleboro, Vt., the state of Vermont, and NECR Railroad, are in talks over the feasibility of building a new Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant station in Bratt...
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Amtrak officials are espousing the benefits of a federal measure designed to provide equality to rail workers by ending the worker benefits sequester. Per Amtrak personnel, the Railroad Employee Eq...
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The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) maintains recent study findings determined 77 percent of voters want to see emergency funding for public transportation. The APTA said the Firs...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced Wednesday that it had released the Third Quarter update on railroads’ progress towards fully implementing po...
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A new report from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has found that American households will bear a large amount of the costs associated with deficiencies in the country’s network of roa...
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The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), Amtrak, and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDot) have jointly received $15.9 million in federal funding to improve th...
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Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) officials said the agency is seeking public review and comment regarding the agency's 2021-2024 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP...
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Representatives of the surface transportation industry urged Congress Wednesday to pass the Democratic-sponsored COVID-19 relief package which will provide additional federal funding in the face of th...
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The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has published a final rule establishing metrics and a minimum standard to measure Amtrak intercity passenger train operations. The rule addresses on-time p...
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As part of its long-range planning effort, the Pittsburgh Port Authority is now engaging its riders to tell the agency how transit can help them get to where they want to go. After successfully en...
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U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) joined U.S. Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) in welcoming a cross-border permit that would be the latest step in an Alaska-Canada Railway. Followi...
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The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) maintains third-quarter reports point to the commuter rail industry fully implementing Positive Train Control (PTC) by the December 2020 deadline....
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Virgin Hyperloop successfully transported its first human passengers in a hyperloop pod. Josh Giegel, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer for Virgin Hyperloop, and Sara Luchian, director of pas...
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The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority this week released a series of proposed changes to its transit service intended to match new ridership patterns that have emerged as a result of the COVI...
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Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) officials said the agency has advanced or completed more than 200 road and bridge projects during the concluding 2020 construction season. “Minnesot...
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced last week that the new Exchange Street Station in Buffalo has been completed. The intermodal transportation hub is twice the size of the previous rail station a...
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The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority will implement a series of public engagement efforts to get feedback from riders on what their services priorities are to make decisions about which tran...
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U.S. Sens. Rob Portman (R-OH) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) announced Wednesday they have introduced legislation to end cuts to the Railroad Retirement Board’s Unemployment Insurance Account. The legi...
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