On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced it had awarded more than $108 million to improve railroad safety in rural communities. The fu...
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On Thursday, the Maryland Department of Transportation announced a new strategic plan along the MARC Penn Line to move to transit hubs between Washington and Baltimore. The plan, developed in part...
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The North Carolina Railroad Company (NCRR) announced Tuesday that it was launching a disaster recovery relief grant program for communities in that state that had been devastated by Hurricane Helene. ...
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), North America's largest transportation network, recently launched new R211S subway cars into service on the Staten Island Railway (SIR). The cars a...
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The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) recently awarded 149 clean transportation projects $206 million in California Climate Investment funds in Low Carbon Transit Operation Program (L...
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On Friday, Seattle’s Sound Transit celebrated the start of construction on the Auburn Station Parking and Access Improvements project with a groundbreaking ceremony. The $69 million project will...
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Construction recently began on Amtrak’s new, $462 million heavy maintenance facility at Penn Coach Yard in Philadelphia. The nearly 350,000-square-foot facility will feature two adjacent service ...
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Amtrak recently announced it soon will begin planned upgrades to its King Street Coach Yard in Seattle. The rail yard experiences more than 200 train movements daily. The nearly $300 million projec...
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A new report on the feasibility of doubling the capacity of New York’s Penn Station without expanding the station’s footprint has found that none of the four concepts presented would meet the goal...
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The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recently open the application period for more than $1 billion in Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Program funding for projects not locat...
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A new rule finalized Oct. 1 by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recognizes that people who are directly involved in and impacted by rail accidents have critical insights that can enhance the ...
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The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), one of the largest transit systems in the United States, recently awarded New Jersey-based ConnX, a company providing mission-critical n...
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U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation chairwoman, and U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bob Casey (D-PA), John Fetterman (D-PA), and J.D. Vance (R-OH...
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On Wednesday, the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) Board of Directors approved a $68.4 billion capital investment plan. The 2025-2029 Capital Plan would invest heavily into...
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and U.S. Department of Labor Acting Secretary Julie Su recently sent a letter to the CEOs of three Class I freight railroads urging them to guarantee paid ...
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One mother is questioning the oversight of the railroad industry after her daughter survived an accident earlier this year involving a Norfolk Southern train. Her story sheds light on the potential co...
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On Wednesday, the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority released its $68.4 billion capital plan, the largest state of good repair investment in MTA history. The plan would dedicate more than 90 ...
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On Wednesday, U.S. Reps. Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) introduced legislation to help rail lines stay in operation and in good repair. The Short Line Railroad Tax Credit Modernizati...
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The Board of Directors for Norfolk Southern Corp. unanimously voted on Wednesday to oust Alan Shaw as the railroad company’s president and CEO, effective immediately. The board also voted to fill...
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On Thursday, US. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced that Siemens would build a new high-speed railcar manufacturing hub in Upstate New York. Schumer said the company would build high-speed trains...
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