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Newsby StaffApril 27, 2022

New York’s MTA Creates Blue-Ribbon Panel to Combat Fare Evasion

Members of the “Fareness” panel will focus on innovative approaches to encourage fare payment through education, equity, and enforcement.

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NewsApril 26, 2022

NTSB Closes Recommendations on Preventing Rail Worker Fatalities

The closed recommendations are related to the deaths of two railway workers struck and killed by a Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority train on Jan. 26, 2010.

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NewsApril 26, 2022

Trinity Metro Names New President/CEO

The position of president and CEO has been filled on an interim basis by Paul Ballard, who resumed leadership of the agency in November 2021.

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NewsApril 22, 2022

FRA’s Forms Climate Challenge to Meet Net-Zero GHG Emissions by 2050

The agency is asking owners and operators along the national rail network, and manufacturers of rail equipment, to join FRA’s commitment to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in the rail industry and rail transportation by 2050.

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NewsApril 20, 2022

California's LOSSAN Names Interim Managing Director

Jason Jewell replaces Donna DeMartino, who served as managing director since January 2020.

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NewsApril 20, 2022

MTA Controls OT Costs in 2021 Despite Pandemic Measures

Overtime spending was $217 million less than it was in 2018, with a projection of $1 billion in overtime reductions through 2024.

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NewsApril 19, 2022

Alstom, Consortium Partners Tapped for Toronto’s GO Expansion Project

The multibillion-dollar On-Corridor Works Project will transform collective mobility in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, making it faster, more reliable, and more sustainable.

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NewsApril 19, 2022

New Poll Finds Strong Voter Support for High-Speed Rail in California

The poll found that 56% of registered voters “support the state continuing to build the high-speed rail project, even if, as is currently planned."

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NewsApril 14, 2022

New Contract Advances NJ Transit's Fare Modernization Program

The board-approved contract authorizes the agency to secure the required stock of cards, which will become the NJ TRANSIT fare cards during a later phase of the modernization.

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NewsApril 13, 2022

Alstom Signs 10-Year Contract with DFW Airport for Operations, Maintenance Services

The contract is valued at just over $2.17 million.

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