Archives

First 16 17 18 Last
  • Penn Station Plan Adds Pedestrian Plaza on 33rd St.

    Penn Station's future could include turning 33rd Street into a pedestrian plaza and opening up sidewalk skylights to let daylight into the underground train terminal used by 220,000 Long Island Rail Road riders each day.

    News • April 12th, 2013

  • CA: BART Extension to San Jose: Heavy Lifting About to Begin

    After a year of moving utility lines, knocking down old buildings and reconfiguring roads, the digging to extend BART to the South Bay is about to begin in earnest.

    News • April 12th, 2013

  • NY: Tax Break for Farmingdale Project on Table

    Nassau County is to consider granting a 20-year property tax break for the $28 million first phase of a mixed-use, transit-oriented development planned in downtown Farmingdale.

    News • April 12th, 2013

  • MA: 'Runaway' Costs on Rail & T

    The state's taxpayer-funded commuter rail service is lavishing extravagant raises, "signing" bonuses and other plum perks on its engineers and conductors, according to a scathing new report that also slams the debt-ridden MBTA for its own "excessive...

    News • April 12th, 2013

  • CA: Remembering the Trolley Cars of Redlands Past

    Before automobiles were invented, the trolley car was the go-to transportation for many Redlanders looking to run errands across town or visiting with friends or family members.

    News • April 12th, 2013

  • FL: Man Convicted in Shocking South Dade Daylight Busway Rape

    A drifter who savagely beat and raped a teacher's aide at a South Miami-Dade busway in broad daylight was convicted Tuesday by jury

    News • April 11th, 2013

  • PA: SEPTA Copes with Rise in Rail Deaths

    From 2003 to 2012, 111 people died on SEPTA rails

    News • April 11th, 2013

  • CA: Father, Son Seek $5 Million Damages in Crash with Metrolink Train

    A Riverside County father and son involved in a big rig crash with a Metrolink train outside Camarillo last summer are seeking $5 million each in damages from several local governments

    News • April 11th, 2013

  • TX: Study Reviews Need for Trains

    Brownsville hasn't seen passenger rail service for more than 40 years, though bringing it back would probably be economically beneficial to the city and region.

    News • April 11th, 2013

  • MA: Private T Pensions Draw Fire

    State Rep. Shaunna O'Connell says the MBTA needs to press the retirement board to unseal the pensions — a fund that's underwritten by taxpayers.

    News • April 11th, 2013

  • WI: BRT Plan Greeted Favorably by Madison Officials, Despite High Price Tag

    Enthusiasm is high for a new model of speedy bus service for Madison — but so is the potential price tag. A bus rapid transit, or BRT, system covering roughly 21 miles would increase capacity for often crowded Metro Transit, cut travel times and...

    News • April 11th, 2013

  • VA: Study of Extending Light Rail to Naval Station Begins

    Hampton Roads Transit announced Wednesday that it had told HDR Engineering Inc. to begin identifying potential routes for getting The Tide or another form of high-capacity mass transit to the base, a major source of congestion with some 80,000...

    News • April 11th, 2013

  • CA: Sonoma County, Santa Rosa to Share Cost of Downtown Transit Mall

    Sonoma County transportation officials have agreed to help Santa Rosa pay for the operation of its recently remodeled downtown transit mall.

    News • April 11th, 2013

  • NC: City's Streetcar Plan Slows

    After more than a year of being deadlocked over a capital budget, the Charlotte City Council cleared the way Wednesday for a roughly $820 million capital plan that, for now, doesn't include a streetcar extension.

    News • April 11th, 2013

  • China: Woman held for Delaying Subway

    A WOMAN has been captured for delaying a Metro train by blocking a platform's screen doors when she didn't get on in time, police said yesterday.

    News • April 11th, 2013

First 16 17 18 Last

Most Popular