MTA seeks $106 billion over 20 years
New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority seeks to continue upgrading its rail infrastructure – along with other public transit – by requesting $106 billion during the next 20 years.
Commuter Regional
Simonetta inducted into APTA Hall of Fame
The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) has inducted Richard J. Simonetta into its Hall of Fame. Simonetta was selected to receive this honor “based on his commitment to and support of APTA’s core values: Leadership and Integrity; Excellence and Accountability; Diversity, Inclusiveness, Fairness, and Equity; and Professionalism,” APTA said.
CN rejects allegations made by former employee over GO Transit contracts
CN said on Tuesday, October 1, 2013, that the commuter rail infrastructure projects it undertook for GO Transit in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) were “rigorously reviewed” and that it rejects “unfounded allegations” made by a former employee that it defrauded the agency.
Latest Metro-North headache: Power failure
Metro-North Railroad on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013, scrambled to provide rudimentary service on its New Haven Line, the nation’s busiest regional passenger railroad line which was crippled Wednesday by a severed power line.
NJT transfer station to open next month
New Jersey Transit’s Pennsauken Transit Center is expected to open next month, with Sunday, Oct. 13, a possible target date, according to the New Jersey Association of Railroad Passengers (NJ-ARP).
SMART segment gets Small Starts designation
Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) announced Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013, that the Federal Transit Administration has accepted SMART’s San Rafael to Larkspur segment into the Project Development phase of its “Small Starts” funding program.
MTA forms rail safety panel
New York’s Metropolitan Transporation Authority has appointed six people to a Blue Ribbon Panel to study the causes of rail accidents and incidents, including the major derailment last May on Metro-North’s New Haven Line and several train-car accidents on the Long Island Rail Road.
Ruddell to step down from The T
Fort Worth Transportation Authority (The T) President and Executive Director Dick Ruddell has announced his retirement at day’s end Oct. 4, 2013. Ruddell made the announcement Monday, Sept. 16, during a meeting of the The T’s Board of Directors.
MTA taps Kawasaki for M-9 railcar order
Kawasaki Rail Car, Inc. has been awarded a $1.8 billion contract by New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority to supply an initial order of 92 M-9 married-pair electric multiple-unit (EMU) cars to the Long Island Rail Road. The contract also covers additional anticipated deliveries of 584 M-9s for both LIRR and sister Metro-North Railroad.
Commentary
Imagine a multimodal Northeast Corridor
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