The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is providing approximately $13.4 million in FY 2023 grant funding through its Pilot Program for Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Planning. Applications will be accepted through Oct. 10, 2023.
Norfolk Southern (NS) has committed $500,000 to the village of East Palestine, Ohio, for the hiring of an independent, private-sector economic development consultant.
Union Pacific (UP) on Aug. 2 reported ratifying an agreement with the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART-TD) to provide up to eight paid sick leave days
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has determined that the cost of capital for the railroad industry was 10.58% for 2022.
Six months after the Norfolk Southern (NS) train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, NS President and CEO Alan Shaw wrote an open letter reflecting on the Class I’s “ongoing progress, support and
BNSF testing is under way of a locomotive-mounted autonomous track geometry monitoring system (LATGMS) from Kawasaki Track Technologies, the supplier reports.
Funding for the east-west passenger rail project is left out of the Massachusetts budget. Also, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and Boston Carmen’s ATU Local 589 reach a tentative agreement; Chicago’s Metra is boosting its ME Blue Island commuter rail service; a consultant has been selected for environmental review of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) Interborough Express project; and Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) is expanding its institutional pass program.
Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Bohr Electronics introduces fuel transfer-pump repair for locomotive maintenance shops in North America. Also, INFORM deploys its stack management and crane optimizer system at the first of two Norfolk Southern (NS) terminals.
The August 2023 issue of Railway Age is now available digitally, with deep dives into winter preparedness, derailment prevention, and Washington, D.C.’s Metrorail.
The three highest-volume intermodal weeks of 2023 were the three July weeks not including Independence Day, AAR Senior Vice President John T. Gray reported Aug. 2. Also, while carloads of chemicals rose in July for the first time in nearly a year, the month was “exceptionally weak” for grain carloadings, he noted during the release of the association’s traffic report for July 2023 and the week ending July 29, 2023.