Bacigalupo joins Cardinal Infrastructure
Transit industry veteran Richard Bacigalupo has joined Cardinal Infrastructure, LLC as a partner, creating a quartet with founding partners Sherry E. Little, Anja Graves, and Severn E. S. Miller.
Commuter Regional
Tatem joins WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff Central Region
Edwin E. Tatem has been named Construction Services Manager, Transportation & Infrastructure, for the Central Region at WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff.
Commentary
Guest Editorial: High speed on the NEC, an engineer’s perspective
EDITOR’S NOTE: Joseph McMahon retired from Amtrak after 51 years of service as a locomotive engineer, beginning with the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad in 1963 and concluding with Amtrak in 2014. His area of expertise is the Northeast Corridor between Boston and New York City. McMahon operated trains in all classes of service—freight, commuter/regional and higher-speed Acela Express.
USDOT and Chicago Union Station move towards $1B redevelopment plan
Chicago announced Jan. 12 that the city, along with Amtrak, Metra, the RTA and the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Build America Bureau are entering into an Emerging Projects Agreement (EmPA), towards the ultimate goal of seeking up to $1 billion in federal funding for the Union Station modernization project.
WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff rebranding as WSP
WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff announced Jan. 12 that it will assume the WSP name effective May 2017.
Video Interview: 2017 Railroader of the Year
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman and CEO Thomas F. Prendergast, Railway Age’s 54th Railroader of the Year, leads the world’s largest agency of its kind. In this wide-ranging interview with Railway Age Editor-in-Chief William C. Vantuono, Prendergast reflects on his 42-year career, and provides his vision of passenger rail’s future.
Video produced by the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority and sponsored by Amsted Rail.
$120 million improvements proposed for LIRR
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo on Jan. 10 unveiled a proposal to invest $120 million to provide enhancements to 16 Long Island Railroad (LIRR) stations and improve system connectivity with a new terminal at MacArthur Airport and a new stop at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
MBTA advances Greenbush Station transit project
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) approved Jan. 9 further development at its Greenbush Station project.
Caltrain deploying mobile ticketing app
Caltrain says its passengers “are one step closer to a mobile ticketing option” following the Jan. 5 approval by the agency’s Board of Directors to develop the new fare technology.
Fitch gives NYMTA high marks
Fitch Ratings has assigned an “A” rating to the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) approximately $200 million in series 2017A (Climate Bond Certified) transportation revenue bonds, and an “F1” rating to the MTA’s series 2017A transportation revenue bond anticipation notes (BANs), in an amount up to $700 million.