TTC Sets 2025 Ops, Capex Budgets
The Toronto Transit Commission has set a 2025 operating budget of C$2.8 billion and a capital program of C$16.4 billion. TTC touted the program as freezing fares for the second straight year,
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People News: OmniTRAX, TRB, STV
OmniTRAX, Inc. promotes Dallas Ramos to Vice President of Operations – Central Division. Also, former Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Administrator Nunia Fernandez receives the Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) Frank Turner Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Transportation; and STV’s Alexis Williams is named President-Elect of the Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) Philadelphia Chapter.
First Half Opportunities for UP, BNSF, NS, CN
In recent weeks, we’ve been highlighting positive trends in some of the operating metrics, and this augurs well for 2025, particularly on a year-over-year basis in the first half. Some specifics: Yards
MDOT MTA Taps STV for Rolling Stock Upgrades
STV on Jan. 13 announced that it has a five-year task order contract by the Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration (MDOT MTA) to provide a range of consulting services related
TXGN, Synergos Close on 28 Acre Site
Synergos Companies has closed on 28 acres of prime rail-served property at Texas Gonzales & Northern Railway (TXGN), a subsidiary of TNW Corp., for a Structural Building Material Operation. The project is
Port of Benton Lands $9.56MM Federal Grant
The Port of Benton in Washington state will fund improvements to its Southern Connection industrial rail line from Columbia Center Blvd. in Kennewick to Horn Rapids Road in Richland using a $9.56 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
BLET, Keolis Commuter Services Reach Tentative Agreement
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) recently announced that it has reached a tentative contract with Keolis Commuter Services for locomotive engineers working at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in Boston.
CSX, BMWED Ratify Five-Year Deal
CSX employees represented by the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division (BMWED) of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters have voted to ratify a five-year collective bargaining agreement with the Class I
Biden’s DOT Boasts BIL ‘Big Deal’
Among the incoming President’s favored, frequently used words is “deal,” defined as “an agreement entered into by two or more parties for their mutual benefit, especially in a business or political context.”
FTA: $1.97B Grant to Advance CTA’s Red Line Extension
Federal Transit Deputy Administrator Veronica Vanterpool on Jan. 10 inked a Full Funding Grant Agreement with Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) to support the Red Line Extension project, according to the Federal Transit