Author: Douglas John Bowen

Metrolinx ponders electrified airport rail service

Metrolinx, the Greater Toronto Area’s regional planning agency, will hold a series of four open house events this month, commencing Tuesday, June 4, 2013, to revive plans of establishing electrified rail service linking Toronto’s Union Station with Lester B. Pearson International Airport.

Groundbreaking set for CSX Quebec site

A ceremonial groundbreaking will occur Monday, June 3, 2013, for a new CSX intermodal facility in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, which provincial officials say “will represent a significant addition to the region’s transportation and logistics infrastructure.”

AAR: Crude oil, intermodal up in latest week

Resuming a familiar pattern during the week ending May 25, 2013, U.S. freight carload traffic fell 3.3% measured against the comparable week in 2012, while U.S. intermodal volume rose 1.4%, the Association of American Railroads reported Thursday, May 30.

MTA reopens storm-damaged Rockaway Branch

Holding to its projected reopening date, MTA New York City Transit resumed A train subway service on the elevated Rockaway Branch line in the namesake Queens, N.Y. neighborhood Thursday morning, May 30.

Minneapolis mulls streetcar funding plan

A provision in the Minnesota state tax bill could allow “value capture district” designation for the state’s largest city to advance streetcars to augment the Twin Cities growing light rail transit system.

Sound Transit picks Tacoma Link route

The Sound Transit Board of Directors has selected the North Downtown Central Corridor, also called the E1 Corridor, as the alignment to move ahead with further environmental review for a potential expansion of the Tacoma Link light rail system.