A New York Appellate Court Wednesday, June 26, 2013 overturned an earlier ruling that a Payroll Mobility Tax funding the Metropolitan Transportation Authority was unconstitutional, in effect assuring that MTA can continue to collect about $1.4 billion per year.
Two advocacy groups on Monday, June 24, 2013 filed a petition with the Surface Transportation Board to block New Jersey Transit Corp. and Princeton University from hacking away at NJT’s Princeton Branch, a branch line linking its namesake town with Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor.
The Railway Supply Institute said Friday, June 21 it is forming a Passenger Rail Committee, intended to “support, connect, and advocate for railway suppliers who provide equipment and services to high speed and intercity passenger rail.”
The New York State Senate confirmed Thomas F. Prendergast to serve as chairman and CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority late Thursday, June 20, 2013.
SEPTA officially announced Wednesday, June 19, that it will close its Bridgeport Viaduct, a bridge spanning the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania used by SEPTA’s Norristown High Speed Line, beginning July 8.
Eight New York State legislators are urging the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to pursue an elusive “one-seat ride” to New York-Penn Station for Rockland and Orange county residents, tying it to Amtrak’s Gateway Tunnel plan to increase Northeast Corridor capacity under the Hudson River.
The National Transportation Safety Board is urging Metro-North Railroad to provide more protection to track workers who depend on dispatchers for signal inspection, following the death of track worker May 28 in West Haven, Conn., on Metro-North’s New Haven Line.