• June 28, 2023
• Passenger

Transit Briefs: Minn. Met Council, NJ Transit, SEPTA, NTMTA, Calif. State Budget

The Minnesota Metropolitan (Met) Council’s Anti-Displacement Working Group makes recommendations on Blue Line Extension. Also, NJ Transit launches customer awareness campaign to promote kindness; the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) launches its Open Data Portal; the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)’s congestion pricing plan wins federal approval after comprehensive environmental review; and California Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers reach a deal on the 2023-2024 budget that includes $5.1 billion for transit capital funding.

• June 28, 2023
• Regulatory

NTSB: Short Circuit Probable Cause of MBTA Passenger Fatality

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently determined that the probable cause of an April 10, 2022, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) passenger fatality was a short circuit in the passenger door

• June 27, 2023
• Passenger

Alstom’s Coradia iLint Enters Revenue Service in Quebec

On June 17, 2023, 100 passengers boarded Alstom’s Coradia iLint for the first hydrogen fuel cell (HFC) rail journey in North America.

• June 27, 2023
• News

People News: NYMTA, STV

Former New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Chairman and Lieutenant Governor Richard Ravitch has died at the age of 89. Also, STV elevates Marian Barth to Boston Transportation Area Manager.

• June 27, 2023
• Passenger

NY Penn Station Reconstruction Design Kicks Off With Notice to Proceed

The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and its railroad partners have issued a Notice to Proceed to kick off preliminary design on a plan to transform the existing Penn Station into a “world-class commuter and intercity transit hub,” the agency recently announced.

• June 26, 2023
• Class I

Richardson to Expand Eight Elevators on CPKC Network

Richardson International Limited (Richardson) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) announced June 26 that the agribusiness plans to expand eight CPKC-served elevators in Western Canada, allowing future trains to be moved from

• June 26, 2023
• Rapid Transit

WMATA Announces Service Improvements

Following the Washington Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (WMATA) announcement of a potential $750 million budget shortfall last week, the agency has rolled out its tenth service improvement since last summer with changes impacting

• June 23, 2023
• Passenger

Virginia CTB Approves $6.3B Six-Year Improvement Program

The Virginia Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) on June 21 approved the FY2024-2029 Six-Year Improvement Program, which allocates approximately $6.3 billion in funding to public transportation and rail programs over the next six years.

• June 23, 2023
• Rapid Transit

WMATA: $750MM Budget Shortfall Could Lead to ‘Drastic’ Service Cuts

The Washington Metropolitan Transportation Authority (WMATA) on June 22 detailed its future financial planning to address structural funding issues that will leave a projected $750 million shortfall in the fiscal year 2025 budget when federal COVID-19 relief funding runs out. Without an increase in funding, the agency says it would be forced to make “drastic cuts” to rail, bus and paratransit services across the region.

• June 23, 2023
• Safety

TSB’s Annual Report Highlights Safety Issues in Canadian Transportation

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) announced June 22 that its 2022-23 Annual Report, which includes key annual statistics on occurrences in the rail, air, marine and pipeline modes of transportation under federal jurisdiction, was tabled in Parliament.