Dearborn, Mich., dedicates transit center
Dearborn, Mich. Mayor John B. O’Reilly, Jr. presided at ceremonies Monday, Dec. 15, 2014 marking the debut of the city’s new intermodal passenger rail station, the John D. Dingell Transit Center.
Dearborn, Mich. Mayor John B. O’Reilly, Jr. presided at ceremonies Monday, Dec. 15, 2014 marking the debut of the city’s new intermodal passenger rail station, the John D. Dingell Transit Center.
Prague, Czech Republic-based Inkeon Group a.s., appears to be the frontrunner among four streetcar suppliers bidding for Oklahoma City’s MAPS 3 project, with Brookville Equipment Corp. still a factor as well.
The Surface Transportation Board issued a declaratory order per request by the California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) to limit injunctions against California’s intrastate high speed rail project through use of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), among other items reiterating its belief that STB itself has clear title of oversight to the project.
New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) seeks federal funds to add infrastructure and increase capacity on its Canarsie “L” line linking Brooklyn and Manhattan, currently handling huge increases in passenger traffic.
A long-awaited reroute of Amtrak’s Vermonter will commence on Dec. 29, 2014, as the nation’s intercity passenger carrier begins serving Greenfield and Northampton, Mass. on a more direct route along the so-called “Knowledge Corridor” stretching from New Haven, Conn., to St. Albans, Vt.
Sacramento, Calif., downtown businesses next month will vote on creating a tax district designed to generate $30 million for a proposed streetcar project, initiated by neighboring West Sacramento in 2008 and designed to link up with existing Regional Transit District (RTD) light rail service in the state capital.
Minnesota’s Metropolitan Council, overseeing public transit expansion in Minneapolis, St. Paul, and nearby suburbs, has awarded $117 million contract to Los Angeles-based AECOM to complete the remaining engineering of the Southwest Light Rail Transit line from Minneapolis to Eden Prairie.
North American freight rail traffic notched gains over comparable 2013 levels as the month of December began, the Association of American Railroads said Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014.
Maryland state officials, state media outlets, and rail advocates are voicing cautious enthusiasm over funds identified in the fiscal year 2015 federal spending bill, still to be passed, for both Baltimore’s Red Line light rail transit project and the bicounty Purple Line LRT route spanning across northeast Washington, D.C., suburbs.
A “previously unreleased” high speed rail pre-feasibility study was highlighted on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014 by High Speed Rail Canada, an advocacy group, which urged the Ontario provincial government to advance London-Kitchener-Toronto high speed rail service.