Michael Baker names Ted Coffey as VP
Michael Baker International has hired Ted Coffey as vice president and deputy national market lead in the railroad and transit practice.
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NTI honors HNTB’s Diana Mendes
The National Transit Institute has named HNTB Corp. Transit/Rail Practice Leader and Senior Vice President Diana Mendes, AICP, 2017 Training Professional of the Year. NTI presented the award at its 2017 Transit Trainer’s Workshop in Nashville, Tenn.
ACI sides with railroads against reregulation: Report
The American Consumer Institute (ACI), a 501c(3) non-profit educational organization with no ties to the U.S. freight railroad industry, is speaking out against what it calls “continued attempts to overregulate the freight rail sector.”
Friss joins GREX as process improvement director
Georgetown Rail Equipment Company (GREX) has appointed David Friss Director of Process Improvement.
Chao: Regulations, not funding, stalling infrastructure
Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao says the Trump Administration’s forthcoming infrastructure proposal will cover more than infrastructure, and reiterated the belief that regulatory red tape, not funding, is responsible for holding up projects.
SEPTA sets ‘Rebuild’ FY2018 budget
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) will advance initiatives to renew critical infrastructure, replace aging portions of its fleet, expand capacity for growing ridership and make technology improvements under its proposed Fiscal Year 2018 Capital Budget.
Trump should move infrastructure ahead, says NS AVP
The Trump administration should make infrastructure investment a priority, a Class I railroad executive told a U.S. port conference.
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.
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.
Guest Editorial: Putting the brakes on new regulations
Nine years ago, the tragic head-on collision of a Metrolink commuter train and a Union Pacific freight train near Chatsworth, Calif., ended debate on whether railroads should be required to install Positive Train Control to prevent these types of incidents. The Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008, which included a requirement that railroads operationalize PTC by 2016, moved through Congress and became law at lightning speed.