Amtrak’s Board of Directors on Tuesday named Richard Anderson as the company’s new president and chief executive officer. Anderson will begin his tenure with Amtrak on July 12. The company said...
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U.S. Reps. Barbara Comstock (R-VA) and Dan Lipinski (D-IL), co-chairs of the House Public Transit Caucus, recently introduced bipartisan legislation to better secure the country’s public transit sys...
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An inflatable plug designed to prevent subway tunnel flooding was recently demonstrated for the media in a full-scale, mock subway tunnel in Frederica, Delaware. The Resilient Tunnel Plug (RTP) is ...
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The U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development recently questioned U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao on infrastructure cuts. Propo...
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The National Association of Railroad Passengers (NARP) has scheduled a "Rally For Trains" campaign for June 23 to protest President Donald Trump’s proposed federal budget. Rallies have been sched...
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The U.S. Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and the Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recently awarded $197 million in competitive grant funding to commuter and ...
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New Jersey Transit Corp. recently was awarded a $10 million federal grant through the Positive Train Control Grant Program. Positive Train Control improves safety by providing an automated backup s...
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The Trump Administration’s proposed federal budget would cut funding for Amtrak as well as reduce funding to other transit and transportation programs. Under the budget proposal, funding to Amtra...
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The National Association of Railroad Passengers (NARP) recently announced its support of the federal Full Funding Grant Agreement which supports the Caltrain Peninsula Corridor Electrification Project...
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U.S. investment firm Blackstone recently unveiled a plan to launch a $40 billion investment vehicle aimed at rebuilding the nation’s aging infrastructure, to be anchored by a $20 billion contributio...
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Information-technology and avionics company Rockwell Collins has completed nine months of test flights on an unmanned aircraft system (UAS), which could be used with railway lines. The UAS performs...
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Infrastructure in the U.S. recently received a grade of D+ from the U.S. Society of Civil Engineer’s Infrastructure Report Card. Railways received the highest grade, a B, while lowest grade was t...
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International nonprofit organization American Public Transportation Association (APTA) recently commended the U.S. Congress for completing negotiations of the fiscal year 2017 appropriations bill and ...
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Linda Bauer Darr, president of the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA), urged a U.S. House of Representative subcommittee to pass regulations that are friendly toward small ...
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New legislation, recently introduced by U.S. Sens. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Mike Crapo (R-ID), would create a permanent tax credit for repairing and upgrading short line railroads, thereby promoting...
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The National Association of Rail Passengers recently recognized U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and Reps. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and Ann McLane Kuster (D-NH) for their work in creating legislation enab...
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The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) recently announced the launch of the Short Line Education Fund, which will aim to address industry training and certification demands...
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More than 35 percent of annual rail revenue and at least 42 percent of rail carloads and intermodal units are associated directly with international trade, according to a new report recently released ...
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A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced legislation to address potential security risks in the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) efforts to protect rail, transit, highway and mar...
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