Author: William C. Vantuono

With Railway Age since 1992, William C. Vantuono has broadened and deepened the magazine's coverage of the technological revolution that is so swiftly changing the industry. He has also strengthened Railway Age’s leadership position in industry affairs with the conferences he conducts, among them Next-Generation Train Control, Light Rail, and Rail Insights. He is the author or co-author or editor of several books, among them All About Railroading; John Armstrong’s The Railroad: What It Is, What It Does; Railway Age’s Comprehensive Railroad Dictionary; and Planning, Engineering, and Operating Light Rail, With Applications in New Jersey.

SEPTA Stepping Up Safety

SEPTA (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority) said on July 16 it will implement “additional initiatives and a series of corrective action plans (CAPs)” in response to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Safety Management

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Marier Appointed TSB Chairperson

The Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board (TSB, Canada’s equivalent of the U.S. NTSB) has a new incoming Chairperson: Yoan Marier, a TSB member since September 2020. His appointment to a

PHL, BLET Division 214 Ratify Contract

Anacostia Rail Holdings subsidiary Pacific Harbor Line (PHL) and 145 members of BLET (Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen) Division 214 (Long Beach) have ratified a three-year extension of their current Collective

GDC Secures Hudson Tunnel Project FFGA

The Gateway Development Commission (GDC) on July 8 signed a $6.88 billion Full Funding Grant Agreement (FFGA) with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for the Hudson Tunnel Project (HTP) and closed on