Commuter Regional Archives

Commentary

March 29, 2017
C&S/IT

AAR to Trump Administration: “Proceed with caution”

I have stressed many times in this blog, and in my monthly magazine columns—at times in harsh terms that may have offended some people who, for reasons I can’t quite figure out, took my remarks personally—that the Trump Administration’s extremely nationalistic ideology, if it morphs into law, will critically injure the railroads and the railroad supply community.

March 27, 2017
Commuter/Regional

Canada 2017 federal budget commits to transit funding

Canada’s federal 2017 budget continues the government’s push toward public transit projects with the inclusion of CA$25 billion (US$18.7 billion) through various avenues.

March 27, 2017
Commuter/Regional

Lisa Ives joins HNTB

Transportation and environmental project management professional Lisa Ives has joined HNTB Corp. as a senior project manager and associate vice president, focusing on delivery of major transportation projects in the planning, environmental and conceptual engineering phases. Based in Seattle, she currently is working on a light rail extension design and value engineering on-call project for Sound Transit.

March 24, 2017
Commuter/Regional

CTC allocates $60 million to California rail projects

The California Transportation Commission (CTC) allocated more than $217 million to 72 projects in the state including more than $60 million for state rail projects.

March 24, 2017
Commuter/Regional

Parsons adds Strong as rail lead

David Strong has joined Parsons as vice president and Rail Systems Lead for the New York and New Jersey region.

March 23, 2017
Commuter/Regional

SEPTA planning CRRC commuter car pact

Pressed to accommodate surging ridership, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority is buying 45 bi-level coaches from China Railway Rolling Stock Corp. (CRRC) valued at $137.5 million.

March 23, 2017
Commuter/Regional

CapMetro adds more cars to Austin commuter line

The city of Austin, Tex., is counting on a bigger fleet to translate into bigger ridership for its MetroRail commuter system.

March 20, 2017
C&S/IT

Passenger ops lagging freight RRs in PTC progress: FRA

The Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration released a status update today on railroads’ progress implementing positive train control (PTC) systems in the fourth quarter of 2016.

March 20, 2017
Class I

Trade coalition urges commitment to TIGER project funding

The Coalition for America’s Gateways and Trade Corridors (CAGTC) called on President Donald Trump and Congress to fund the Department of Transportation’s Transportation Investments Generating Economic Recovery program, or TIGER, in Fiscal Year 2018.

March 17, 2017
Commuter/Regional

Calif. HSR adds two to board

The California High-Speed Rail Authority added Ernest M. Camacho to its board of directors and State Sen. Jim Beall to an ex officio board position.