April 11, 2024 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: NBC New York, April 10, 2024) NJ Transit’s board convened Wednesday to vote on what would be its first fare hike in nearly a decade, a 15% increase that would take effect on the heels of New York City’s controversial congestion pricing tolls, if...
April 11, 2024 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, April 9, 2024) The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) has launched a $430 million program to upgrade stations, track and other critical equipment on the 116-year-old Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corp. (PATH) rail...
March 11, 2024 | Commuter Rail, News
BLET members at a recent NJ Transit public hearing, from left: Mike Liffner, Division 53; Steve McCusker, Division 373; Pete McGinnis, Division 373 Vice Local Chairman; and Don Melhorn, Division 272 Secretary-Treasurer. __________ NJ Transit held the first of 10...
March 1, 2024 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: BNN, February 29, 2024) In a significant move that underscores the Biden administration’s commitment to revamping the United States’ infrastructure, a whopping $9.8 billion in federal funds has been earmarked to support public transit agencies....
March 1, 2024 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Unions
(Source: NBC Boston, February 29, 2024) More than a dozen Keolis workers packed into an MBTA Board meeting on February 29 to describe low pay and lackluster benefits, and they urged the agency’s leader to think about “safeguards” the T can install...
February 22, 2024 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Trains.com, February 19, 2024) Fifteen new or revived long-distance routes are presented in a new Federal Railroad Administration presentation to accompany the next round of meetings for its ongoing Amtrak Daily Long-Distance Service Study. Full story:...
February 20, 2024 | Commuter Rail, News
BLET members are being encouraged to attend a series of public meetings to make their voices heard regarding fair treatment for NJ Transit’s locomotive engineers. ____________________ NJ Transit will hold 10 scheduled in-person public meetings in 10 New Jersey...
January 25, 2024 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, High Speed Rail, News
Amtrak is one step closer to bringing its new Avelia Liberty trains to the Northeast Corridor. Amtrak said on January 12 that the new trains had passed an extended series of computer modeling tests and have now been cleared by the Federal Railroad Administration to...
January 4, 2024 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, STB
(Source: Railway Age, January 4, 2024) The Surface Transportation Board (STB) is seeking candidates to fill 18 vacancies on its newly formed Passenger Railroad Advisory Committee (PRAC). Nominations are due by Feb. 5, 2024; candidates may nominate themselves. Full...
December 28, 2023 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Los Angeles Times opinion column by George Skelton, December 25, 2023) But let’s get real: This project is going to be constructed one way or another, whether at reasonable speed or in pokey chug-chug fashion. It’s time we acknowledge that and focus on making...
