As the clock continues to wind down the end of the current highway and transit authorization, there are numerous serious discussions and concrete proposals being brought forward to fix the issue.
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Tom Cruikshank has been promoted to managing director of operations and planning. Cruikshank has worked for Metro Bus since 1990 and was previously the director of planning and marketing. He will...
After a surprising defeat in 2012, transportation planners in Alameda County went back to voters in November and found what it takes to get residents to say yes to tax increases for transportation projects.
Building better communications between MPO's and transit agencies can improve service and lead to robust transportation systems where transit plays a pivotal role in moving people.
Miami-Dade Transit and Miami-Dade Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces Departments join Friends of The Underline to announce that the New York design consulting firm James Corner Field Operations was selected to develop the vision and Master Plan for The...
RailPlan Intl’s MARC Mechanical Services Team was presented the RPI Award for Safety Excellence in recognition of its outstanding safety performance and maintaining an injury-free workplace for more than one year.
In December, RailPlan’s North...
Parsons announced that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has given the Southern California Regional Railroad Authority — the governing board of Metrolink — the green light to implement Positive Train Control (PTC) technology in revenue service...
The Regional Transportation District (RTD) plans an array of activities as part of “Stand Up for Transportation Day” – a national day of advocacy on April 9 to create awareness and support for long-term, sustainable transportation funding.
The...
On March 5, at a rally held at the Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA), Capital District Legislators, labor, business groups, and transportation advocates called on the New York State Legislature and Governor Cuomo to support...
The National League of Cities (NLC) announced that President Barack Obama will address city leaders gathered for NLC’s annual Congressional City Conference March 9, at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington.
Since the very beginning of his...
MARTA signed a Strategic Alliance Memorandum with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to help start, maintain and expand small businesses in Georgia. SBA Regional Administrator Cassius Butts joined MARTA GM/CEO Keith T. Parker on March 3 for an...
After nearly three years of construction, VTA has reached another major milestone that indicates that the project remains on track – literally. Joint venture contractor Skanska, Shimmick, Herzog (SSH) recently installed the first set of tracks for...
HART has shared its list of priorities with lawmakers, starting with the farebox. This is especially important now as lawmakers prepare to consider new funding for projects in 2015. HART ridership has surged 20 percent over the past five years, despite...
In a rare burst of bipartisanship, the House moved Wednesday to boost Amtrak's popular service between Boston and Washington while giving states a greater say in the local routes they help subsidize.
The bill, approved by a vote of 316 to 101...
In the wake of last month's horrific rail crossing accident in New York state, the Federal Railroad Administration is asking local police departments to step up their presence at rail crossings.
The FRA urged law enforcement agencies to issue more...
Engineers for California's high-speed rail project spent part of Tuesday using explosives to batter a reinforced concrete piling near the San Joaquin River — part of ongoing testing in preparation of construction of the bullet-train line in the...
The Société de transport de Montréal (STM) is set to undertake major refurbishing work at Beaubien métro station this spring, which will require the complete closing of the station from May 4 to Aug. 30. Indeed, at its last public meeting, the...
The engineer driving the Metrolink train that hit an abandoned pickup truck and derailed in Oxnard last week has died, officials said Tuesday.
Glenn Steele died about 5 a.m. Tuesday while being cared for at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles...
Mayor Martin J. Walsh said Boston's bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics will give the state the incentive to finally modernize its aging, 110-year-old public transit system.
"Those who say the MBTA's failure is proof we can't handle an Olympic Games...
New York City's case for some of the world's most boorish behavior is made every day in its subways: There's the woman casually clipping her fingernails, the man slurping an especially pungent dish under a fellow passenger's nose, and if nature calls...
A state appeals court suspended construction work Tuesday on a long-planned Muni streetcar loop on Third Street in San Francisco's central waterfront area, a project that some neighbors say should be rerouted.
The turnaround on the T-Third line in...
On Saturday, the Green Line officially gets three minutes faster.
When the 11-mile light rail line from downtown Minneapolis to downtown St. Paul debuted on June 14, Metro Transit schedules predicted trips from Target Field Station to the Union Depot...
An East St. Louis man was charged Monday with robbing two people at a Metrolink station at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport.
Tommie C. Moore III, 28, of the 1400 block of North 45th Street, was charged with two counts of first-degree robbery and...
