By a 4-to-0 vote, the Santa Ana, Calif., City Council has chosen a proposed 4.1-mile streetcar route along the city’s Fourth Street as a preferred option over a route along Fifth Street, citing existing foot traffic as a factor.
BNSF Railway, wholly owned by Omaha-based Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., has reported second-quarter net income of $916 million, up 4% from $884 million in the comparable quarter of 2013.
Amidst ongoing light rail transit expansion plans in Minnesota’s Twin Cities, Minneapolis also is advancing a prospective route of a different flavor: a 3.4-mile, $230 million initial streetcar line on Nicollet Avenue. In response, the Public Works, Energy and Environment Committee of Hennepin County’s Board of Directors was scheduled to weigh a proposed resolution for the project Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014, ideally to provide a firm status update of the proposal.
North American intermodal rail volume continues to notch gains across the board, the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) reported in its Intermodal Market Trends & Statistics report.
Testing began Monday, Aug. 4, 2014, on the District of Columbia’s first modern streetcar line, running along H Street and Benning Road in the city’s Northeast.
A California appeals court has ruled that the California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) can proceed with up to $8 billion in state bond sales for the proposed $68 billion system proposed to span the Golden State.
Amtrak’s Hoosier State, linking Indianapolis with Chicago four days a week, may be terminated due to the state capital’s reluctance to provide operating funding support.
More quickly than many anticipated, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) on Thursday, July 24, 2014, approved a study weighing conversion of its Orange Line busway to light rail transit (LRT) operation.
U.S. freight rail traffic for the week ending July 19, 2014 advanced yet again, the Association of American Railroads reported Thursday, July 24, with Canadian rail traffic and Mexican carload traffic also increasing, and only Mexican intermodal failing to gain ground.
The general counsel for Northwestern Pacific Railroad Co. (NWP) has moved to defuse complaints from NWP’s Vice President Jacob Park related to implementing passenger rail service in Sonoma and Marin counties in northern California.