In the grand halls of Union Station, you can get everything but a train.
From Appalachian Spring to Victoria's Secret, 55 retail shops offer shoes, handbags, ties, chocolate, wine, perfume, cigars, watches, and clothes.
Thirty-five restaurants and...
An Amtrak train with 85 aboard hit a vehicle Sunday night at Pleasant Valley Road and Fifth Street between Oxnard and Camarillo.
The incident was reported at 7:56 p.m. as a vehicle "stuck on tracks,"according to the California Highway Patrol.
Two...
Jamie Barnard has been riding BART for just four of the transit system's 42 years. But that's long enough to notice that delays are becoming increasingly common as the regional network grows older and more crowded.
"BART seemed very regular, very...
When Alison Norris couldn't find work in Detroit, she searched past the city limits, ending up with a part-time restaurant job that's 20 miles away but takes at least two hours to get to via separate city and suburban bus systems.
For many city...
Residents and officials from across southern Minnesota on Friday aired concerns about aging infrastructure and a lack of transportation funding, calling on legislators to find a long-term funding solution.
The comments were made during a public hearing...
A passenger train advocate last week urged the agency controlling Central Station to consider the future growth of Tennessee and Arkansas's passenger traffic in redeveloping the historic building for other uses.
But state transportation officials...
The state line is that go-to excuse Kansas City area officials often rely on to explain why it's hard getting things done on a regional basis.
But what if there were a unit of government, some kind of bistate "authority," not constrained by city...
The road less traveled doesn't go through Pennsylvania.
A highway network battered by Father Time and surging traffic volume left the state transportation department hamstrung in recent years by a shrinking budget and a laundry list of upgrades. Now, a...
In 1982, when Gloucester County planners drafted a framework for growth, one-fifth of the county's land was considered developed — a statistic perhaps best reflected in a slogan that would become the county's mantra: "Close to everything, far from it...
At approximately 10:22 a.m. Feb. 27, a passenger car traveling along Kloman Street in the Westport area of Baltimore City crashed into the side of a MTA Light Rail vehicle disrupting service between the Camden Yard and Patapsco stations. The driver of the...
CG/LA Infrastructure Inc., on Feb. 27 announced the recipients of their prestigious 2015 Global Projects of the Year Awards during the 8th Global Infrastructure Leadership Forum in Washington, D.C. All projects were presented at the Leadership Forum and...
March 1-6 is Kindness Week across the GTA. The Human Kindness Project will hold a customer appreciation day on the TTC this Monday at Bloor-Yonge, Finch and Eglinton stations.
Student volunteers will be holding "kindness" placards and handing out...
LRT passengers can now take advantage of wifi service at the Southgate LRT Station. Until now, the City’s free public wifi service has been available in a number of city-operated public locations but not in LRT stations or platforms. The new...
Successful terrorists have shifted their focus in recent years away from attacking airlines to attacking subway and rail systems, according to an analysis of terrorist attacks over a 30-year period from 1982 to 2011 by a leading health and safety...
Axis Communications announced the outdoor-ready Axis P3905-RE Network Camera as the latest addition to the Axis P39-R Network Camera Series. It is designed to be mounted on the exterior of a vehicle, increasing safety onboard and simplifying incident...
Results of a new customer satisfaction survey show that an overwhelming majority of bus riders in Orange County are pleased with the fixed-route bus service that transports nearly 1 million people each week to work, to home, and to retail and...
Sound Transit once again set all-time annual records in 2014 for boardings on its trains and buses. The latest numbers, reported at the Feb 26 Sound Transit Board meeting, reflect an increase of more than 8 percent over 2013, bringing average weekday...
FirstGroup's train operating companies have been recognized with 14 awards at the annual Rail Business Awards. Held at the Hilton Park Lane Hotel on 26 February, they celebrate excellence and achievement in the U.K. rail industry.
First Great Western...
Commenting on the Feb. 27 announcement by the DfT of the invitation to tender for the new TransPennine Express franchise competition, a FirstGroup spokesperson said:
"We note the DfT's publication today of the invitation to tender for the new...
Alstom has signed two contracts with Egypt’s National Authority for Tunnels (NAT) to supply the signalling system and the infrastructure of the phase 4A of Cairo metro line 3, currently under construction. Alstom’s shares in these contracts are...
On Feb. 26 the BART Board voted to approve an agreement between BART and disability advocates to address concerns raised by disability organizations regarding the floor plan for BART’s Fleet of the Future.
The Fleet of the Future is the name...
Nightstick announced Feb. 25 its newest helmet accessory that makes mounting up to two 1.25” diameter flashlights on a helmet simple and most importantly affordable. The NS-HSR1, better known as the Nightstick Flashlight Rubber Strap allows the...
Los Angeles County light-rail and subway trains ran 83 red lights in the last four years, according to agency data.
The Blue Line, which connects Long Beach with downtown Los Angeles, recorded two-thirds of the violations, and averaged more than one...
A Sacramento Regional Transit investigation has found that a runaway light-rail train last week was caused by a maintenance technician who mistakenly disabled a safety feature on the train, setting it in motion.
The train quickly sped up to 43 mph on a...
Officials in Northern California are warning Bay Area Rapid Transit commuters for a second time this month that they may have been exposed to measles on trains.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports (http://bit.ly/1Evn7HD ) that an infected person...
