Trade associations representing freight rail companies from the United States, Canada, and Mexico recently released a letter encouraging each nation to keep the successful elements of North American F...
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Following the derailment of a train in downtown Washington, U.S Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) called on Friday for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) to address lingering radio commu...
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Democratic leaders of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee sought an update on Wednesday on Amtrak’s efforts to modernize its safety culture and implement Positive Train Control (PT...
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Worldwide, 120 individual urban rail projects were completed in 2017, according to the International Association of Public Transport’s (UITP) rail projects’ database, which is the equivalent of 78...
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In response to mudslides closing critical stretches of highway in Santa Barbara County, Amtrak added railcars to all 10 trains on its Pacific Surfliner heavy rail route on Sunday in anticipation of in...
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Calling back to the 2015 Passenger Train Derailment Prevention Act, a delegation of Washington state officials have written Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao regarding a provision that mandates saf...
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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently released four railroad related safety recommendations as well as two railroad accident briefs. The recommendations and briefs are the result...
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North Carolina’s Piedmont Improvement Program recently concluded after seven years improving the state’s rail infrastructure. The program encompassed more than 40 projects that included closing...
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There are constructive ways to pay for upgrading the nation’s infrastructure, according to a newly released bipartisan report from the congressional Problem Solvers Caucus. The 16-page report rel...
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Amtrak’s charge to enhance safety for travelers and employees will be led by Ken Hylander, who was named executive vice president and chief safety officer at Amtrak on Tuesday. Hylander retired ...
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The Trump Administration called an Obama-era agreement for the federal government to help fund a $13 billion rail tunnel project between New York and New Jersey “non-existent” in a letter sent on ...
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Positive train control (PTC) technology could have averted December’s fatal Amtrak train derailment in Washington state, according to the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) preliminary ...
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The Gateway/Hudson River Tunnels project is a national infrastructure priority, Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) recently said in a letter to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). Frelinghuysen...
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A report from the Association of American Railroads (AAR) has evaluated and determined that U.S. railroads saw a 2,064,133 carload and intermodal increase in December 2017, ending the year’s traffic...
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Citing ongoing CSX Transportation service disruptions, Democratic leaders of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee called on Wednesday for Surface Transportation Board (STB) vacancies ...
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Citing concerns that many of the nation’s railroads are not on pace to implement Positive Train Control (PTC) systems before a year-end deadline, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chow recently urged ...
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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently released information from Amtrak Cascades passenger train 501 that derailed Dec. 18 in DuPont, Washington. The information was gathered by ...
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Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) was recently awarded a $100 million grant from U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for the Green Line Extension (GLX) light rail project. The $...
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A federal appeals court recently overruled a lower court that had blocked the Maryland Purple Line light-rail project. The project is a public-private partnership and was planned to run 16 miles be...
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A key senator pledged Wednesday to move ahead with efforts to finance a major infrastructure initiative during a hearing on trucking and transportation needs. “That’s going to happen. We’re g...
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