Rep. Robert E. Andrews (D-N.J.) has introduced a bill calling for independent oversight of railroads and particularly railroad infrastructure, arguing that U.S. freight railroads aren’t pursuing adequate safety measures.
Denver’s Regional Transportation District (RTD) on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013 awarded a $343 million contract to Graham, Balfour Beatty, Hamon Constructors for construction of the region’s first electrified regional/commuter passenger rail line.
Phoenix’s Valley Metro has received the Finding of No Significant Impact (or FONSI) from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for Valley Metro’s 1.9-mile Gilbert Road light rail transit extension.
Opponents of California’s high speed rail project celebrated Thanksgiving early – and, some argued, prematurely – following a court ruling barring the issuance of more than $8 billion in state bonds to fund the project.
A newly formed City Council, led by a newly elected, anti-rail mayor, still plans to obstruct or terminate Cincinnati’s initial streetcar line, now under construction, upon taking office Dec. 1, 2013. But the anti-rail forces face some serious political and fiscal obstacles in the attempt.
New Jersey’s Assembly Transportation, Public Works and Independent Authorities Committee on Monday, Nov. 25, 2013, offered the first substantive Garden State backing for a proposed No. 7 subway extension under the Hudson River from Manhattan to New Jersey.
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) is urging a 1.5-mile extension of SEPTA’s Broad Street subway line to the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, the nation’s oldest such facility, now redeveloped as an office center and residential neighborhood.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has passed a $2.3 billion transportation package that raises the state gas tax and provides funding for rail operations in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and on Amtrak’s Keystone Corridor linking Philadelphia and Harrisburg, the state capital.
The consortium composed of Bombardier Transportation and Alstom Transport, together with the Societe de transport de Montreal (STM), unveiled Montreal’s new metro cars Monday, Nov. 25, 2013.
Construction continues at a fast pace on Washington, D.C.’s first modern streetcar line, even as district officials send conflicting signals on the line’s operational launch.
