March 31, 2022 | Commuter Rail, DOT, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 30, 2022) As part of its proposed fiscal-year 2023 budget, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is recommending $4.45 billion to advance seven new rail and bus rapid transit projects for first-time funding and to...
March 30, 2022 | Commuter Rail, DOT, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, March 29, 2022) NEW YORK — President Joe Biden on March 28 submitted to Congress a $5.79 trillion budget plan for fiscal year 2023 that calls for $105 billion to be distributed to the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT). With an additional...
March 29, 2022 | Commuter Rail, CP-KCS Merger, Headlines
(Source: Transport Topics, March 25, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Metra, one of the largest commuter railroads in the country, is objecting to the proposed $31 billion merger between Class I freight rail carriers Canadian Pacific Railway and Kansas City Southern Railway....
March 21, 2022 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, March 20, 2022) NEWARK, N.J. — Before the pandemic turned commuting upside down, PATH embarked on a $1 billion improvement program in June 2019. Full story: www.nj.com
March 18, 2022 | Commuter Rail, CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, March 17, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Chicago-area commuter rail operator Metra has come out against the Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger, telling the Surface Transportation board in a 946-page filing that the merger would bring...
March 18, 2022 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: The Center Square, March 17, 2022) MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — A bill calling for a study on train transportation across Tennessee passed unanimously Thursday in the state Senate. The study, to be completed by the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental...
March 17, 2022 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, March 13, 2022) NEW YORK — The recent spate of accidents involving humans and vehicles on Brightline’s tracks between West Palm Beach and Miami between November 2021 and February 2022 highlights two of the biggest obstacles facing Brightline’s...
March 16, 2022 | Commuter Rail, COVID, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, March 16, 2022) NEW YORK — It is now been two years since we felt the impact of the COVID-19 virus and our lives changed, possibly forever. Ironically, the news came on Friday the 13th: the day that millions were told that we would all need to...
March 11, 2022 | Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 8, 2022) The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) yesterday announced it will award $2.2 billion in American Rescue Plan (ARP) funding to 35 recipients in 18 states. Full story: Progressive Railroading
March 11, 2022 | Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 10, 2022) The Wisconsin and Minnesota departments of transportation yesterday announced a $31.8 million federal grant to fund station and rail segment improvements aimed at doubling passenger-rail service and increasing freight...
