Grant to aid Mississippi port rail project

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has been awarded a $574,000 grant to fund planning, surveying and permitting for a 4,300-foot rail connection serving the Port of Pascagoula in Jackson County.

CHSRA, LACMTA agree to funding for grade separation project

The California High-Speed Rail Authority and Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority have agreed on joint funding for a key project.

Union Pacific three-peats as top railroad for employee safety

Union Pacific remains the safest U.S. Class 1 railroad in employee safety for the third consecutive year.

FTA OKs three SSO Programs

Three more states won’t have to worry about the Federal Transit Administration withholding transportation funding.

Move over TIGER, USDOT ready to BUILD

The U.S. Department of Transportation is retiring the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant program name.

Nathan Henderson, 43, contracting industry leader

Nathan Henderson, Executive Vice President of Midwest Pacific Rail Net & Logistics and Managing Partner and Chief Operating Officer of North America Rail Partners, LLC, died April 18, 2018.

T-REX: New plan to integrate dinosaur NYC transit systems

A new report from the Regional Plan Association (RPA) calls for the merging of New York Metropolitan Area commuter railroads MTA Metro-North Railroad, MTA Long Island Rail Road and New Jersey Transit into a single, integrated network called T-REX, for Trans-Regional Express.

Feds fund Montreal port intermodal rail project

The government of Canada is committing C$18.4 million ($14.6 million) to the Port of Montreal for a rail project aimed at keeping the maritime gateway competitive in a changing global supply chain. 

Rail data security bills head to Senate

The U.S. House of Representatives this week passed a pair of rail data and information security bills.

Ontario to fund Toronto-Windsor high-speed rail

Ontario has committed an initial investment of more than C$11 billion ($8.6 billion) to make high-speed rail service between Toronto and Windsor a reality as early as 2025.

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