At high or low speed, a safety need
As the U.S. bolsters its passenger rail options, from high speed rail startups to streetcar revivals, those designing the safest land transport mode seek to make it safer still.
Author: Douglas John Bowen
Freight traffic falls for week, gains in January
U.S. freight rail traffic declined during the week ending Feb. 1, 2014, but gained ground during the month of January, the Association of American Railroads reported Thursday, Feb. 6.
Kitchener to Waterloo, by LRT
After an absence of more than 67 years, rail transit is poised to return to Ontario’s twin cities.
LIRR’s largest union OKs strike
Long Island Rail Road riders may have to brace for a strike as early as next month, following a unanimous vote Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014, by the LIRR’s largest union authorizing a strike.
Tacoma OKs LRT extension plan
Tacoma, Wash.’s City Council has formally endorsed its preferred route for extending the city’s existing 1.6-mile Link Light Rail (often defined by some as a streetcar) operated by Sound Transit.
Report: New Haven Line seriously underfunded
Connecticut officials demanding meetings and answers from Metro-North Railroad and parent Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) might pause before leveling bombast, if a new report by the Regional Plan Association carries any weight.
Feds fine three for CBR mislabeling
Three companies have been fined by federal officials for mislabeling crude-by-rail (CBR) oil produced in the Bakken Shield formation in North Dakota, which was shipped by rail.
RFQ issued for D.C. DBOM transit system
Washington, D.C.’s District Department of Transportation (DDOT) issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) Monday, Feb, 3, 2014 “to firms interested in submitting Statements of Qualification (SOQs) to design, build, operate, and maintain [DBOM] an integrated premium transit system.”
HDR tapped for Grand Rapids streetcar plan
HDR, Inc. has been hired to revive a streetcar plan for Grand Rapids, Mich., using a six-year-old study as a baseline for the new effort.
Connecticut touts New Haven Line aid
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy on Monday, Feb. 3, 2014, announced that the Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT) will oversee a $10 million project to upgrade Metro-North Railroad’s power supply for the New Haven Line, the most heavily-used stretch of passenger railroad in North America.