U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) was recently recognized with the Railroad Achievement Award by the Association for American Railroads (AAR) for his efforts in enhancing both freight and passenger railr...
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The Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (CP) announced this week that its transcontinental railway, which links eight major ports in the United States and Canada, will now offer direct rail service betwe...
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U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) recently submitted public comment to the Federal Railway Administration and to New Jersey Transit on the construction of the trans-Hudson rail tunnel. The hearing was ...
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After repeated power failures in the New York City subway, the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) has ordered Con Edison to take action to improve reliability, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said recen...
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A joint resolution that establishes a safety oversight body for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), called the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission, unanimously passed the Se...
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The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) recently approved a grant worth approximately $7 million to provide needed repairs to the Presidio International Rail Bridge and South Orient Railroad. ...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation recently awarded $7.89 million to the Maine Department of Transportation, which will be used for the Maine Railroad Bridge Capacity project. The project will...
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Association of American Railroads (AAR) President and CEO Edward R. Hamberger recently testified before the Surface Transportation Board's (STB) Regulatory Reform Task Force, telling the agency it nee...
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A proposed passenger rail service that will go from the Twin Cities in Minnesota to Milwaukee and on to Chicago hit a major progress point this week with the release of its Purpose and Need statement....
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An average of 22,000 riders a day have been diverted to PATH during the first two weeks of Amtrak’s repair and renewal efforts at New York’s Penn Station, according to a report released this week....
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The American Public Transportation Association (APTA), a group of more than 1,500 organizations, opposes the House Appropriations Committee’s Budget Resolution for fiscal year 2018 which would cut f...
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A bill that would make permanent a tax credit that assists short line railroads in upgrading their track and bridges so they can handle modern freight cars recently achieved a bicameral majority Congr...
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Delaware’s Department of Transportation (DelDOT) recently held a ground-breaking ceremony for its Newark Regional Transportation Center. The project, funded by a $10 million TIGER IV Grant from t...
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The Mississippi Transportation Commission (MTC) recently announced that it approved funding for more than 20 multimodal projects in Mississippi’s Northern Transportation District. “The projects...
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The Fiscal Year 2018 Transportation-Housing and Urban Development (T-HUD) Appropriations bill, currently under consideration by the House T-HUD Appropriations Subcommittee, will advance several crucia...
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The U.S. House Transportation-Housing and Urban Development Appropriations (T-HUD) Subcommittee recently considered advancing the Fiscal Year 2018 T-HUD Appropriations bill. The bill provides more ...
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The Transportation Trades Department (TTD), a coalition of 32 member unions, recently sent a letter to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) responding to automated locomotive technology. “TT...
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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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