David Leard, AICP, recently joined HNTB Corp. as Project Director and Associate Vice President, based in the firm’s Houston office. Leard brings more than 27 years of experience in transit program management, planning, design and construction.
The 21st annual Canadian Pacific (CP) Holiday Train recently wrapped up its North American tour, and, while final numbers are still being calculated, it raised more than C$1.49 million and collected 238,393 pounds of food.
CP recently released Sustainably Driven, its 2018 corporate sustainability report and new framework for sustainability reporting, highlighting the company’s successes and achievements in the areas of safety, operational excellence and social impact.
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has launched a new webpage for the public and law enforcement to report blocked highway-rail grade crossings.
LTK Engineering Services recently promoted four members of its management team—Pam Alexander; Lisa Cobb, P.E.; Guy Chertock, P.E.; and Natalie Cornell—to Vice Presidents.
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Board recently approved the agency’s $17 billion 2020 budget and four-year financial plan.
Effective Jan. 1, 2020, Jim Cerulli is joining Reading & Northern Railroad (RBMN) team as VP – Coal Marketing. He joins Bill Clark, Senior VP Coal Marketing, Mike Sharadin, AVP – Equipment, and the customer service staff who handle all RBMN’s business under VP Customer Service Susan Ludwig.
Ian Jefferies, President and CEO of the Association of American Railroads, joined with Marc Brazeau, President and CEO of the Railway Association of Canada (RAC), and Iker de Luisa Plazas, Director General, Asociación Mexicana de Ferrocarriles (AMF), in calling for quick ratification of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ended Dec. 14, 2019, and, for this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 520,589 carloads and intermodal units, down 8.5% compared with the same week last year.
Keolis Rail Services Virginia has implemented an Individualized Training Program for its employees. The focus of the program is “to improve and sustain core knowledge of each train and engine for all mechanical employees, based upon their specific strengths and weaknesses as assessed by job performance records, weekly knowledge quizzes, annual tests, and both supervisor and employee evaluation input.”
