2025 Passenger Rail Outlook: ‘Murphy Was an Optimist!’
RAILWAY AGE JANUARY 2025 ISSUE: Should we welcome—or dread—2025?
Author: David Peter Alan
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First of a Series: Moving Beyond the Stub-End Terminal
It’s not an entirely new concept, but it has been gaining favor over the past three decades. It’s through-running: the concept of a regional railroad serving a metropolitan area routing trains into
Twentieth of a Series: Congestion Pricing Here, Controversy Remains
On Sunday morning, Dec. 6, WNYC transportation reporter Stephen Nessen reported on a group of motorists who were poised at a toll collection point at midnight as Saturday turned into Sunday, eagerly
Nineteenth in a Series: Tolls Will Start Jan. 5 (Updated Jan. 4, 8:30 PM EST)
As reported in Part 18 of this series, it appeared that the TBTA (Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority) would start collecting congestion pricing tolls on Jan. 5 and sending the revenue to
Eighteenth of a Series: A Jan. 5 Startup as Two Federal Judges Deny Injunction Requests
Congestion Pricing, the controversial plan to charge tolls for vehicles entering Manhattan south of 60th Street, came a step closer to implementation when two federal judges from the Southern District of New
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Amtrak ‘High Risk’ LDFR Program: Off the Rails?
(With additional commentary by James M. Tilley, Vice Chair, The Aurora Group, and President, Florida Coalition of Rail Passengers). On Dec. 18, Railway Age Editor-in-Chief William C. Vantuono reported on recently released
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Amtrak Adopting a ‘States’ Rights’ Policy?
Everyone who took a course in American History in high school learned that it was the railroads that tied the country together. We learned about President Abraham Lincoln’s campaign to build the
SEPTA Reprieve, But for How Long?
Philadelphians and visitors to the city who ride the transit operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority (SEPTA) have had a wild ride lately, especially when it comes to the fares they
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RUN Conference Focus: FRA Corridor ID and Development Program
On Nov. 15, the Rail Users’ Network (RUN) held its Fall mini-conference. The online event bore the title “F.R.A. Corridor Grants – Boosting Economic Activity – the Rail Way!” It did not
Seventeenth of a Series: Hochul and the MTA Try Again
After “pausing” the implementation of a proposed Congestion Toll for vehicles entering the zone south of 60th Street in Manhattan on June 5, Gov. Kathy Hochul has again recommended that the toll