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Newsby StaffApril 29, 2025

New York MTA's Efforts to Combat Fare Evasion Paying Off

Over the last two years, the MTA has implemented a series of strategic measures to reduce fare evasion centered around equity, education, enforcement, and environment.

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Newsby StaffApril 25, 2025

Virginia Breaks Ground on New River Valley Project

As part of the VPRA's Transforming Rail in Virginia initiative, the New River Valley Project encompasses railroad infrastructure upgrades, which will allow VPRA to extend its Amtrak Virginia service from Roanoke to Christiansburg and return passenger rail service to the New River Valley for the first time since 1979.

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Newsby StaffApril 25, 2025

Denver RTD’s 3-Year ‘Reclaiming Union Station’ Delivers Tangible Results

In the first quarter of 2022, RTD logged approximately 5,000 security-related calls for service at Union Station, compared with 2,127 in the first quarter of 2025.

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Articlesby Alex RomanApril 25, 2025

LA Metro Leverages Parking Tech to Simplify, Fuel Public Transit Usage

In a move to streamline the commuter experience and modernize its infrastructure, LA Metro partnered with ParkHelp to launch a cutting-edge parking guidance system — starting with its Arcadia parking lot.

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Newsby StaffApril 23, 2025

Feds Cut Scope, Funding for NJ Dock Bridge

The revised scope of the Dock Bridge rehabilitation project will ensure critical safety and reliability elements but remove unnecessary aesthetic costs like enhanced lighting and defer some rehab work where structural elements still have a useful life, according to the USDOT.

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Newsby StaffApril 22, 2025

Chicago's Metra Plans 40 Safety Blitzes in 2025

The agency's employees will visit one of the railroad’s 243 stations during the morning rush hour, distributing educational materials about train and grade crossing safety, answering questions, and listening to riders’ safety concerns.

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Newsby StaffApril 22, 2025

Chicago Transit Provides Residents with RLE Construction Overview

The agency held three meetings in the Far South Side communities of Roseland, Washington Heights, and Riverdale with Walsh VINCI Transit Community Partners, which has been hired to design and build the Red Line Extension. 

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NewsApril 21, 2025

Denver's RTD Eliminates D Line’s Final Speed Restriction

The agency continues to remove speed limits as track repairs are completed; their most recent work allowed them to remove the final speed limit from the D line, allowing half of the system to operate at full speed.

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Newsby StaffApril 18, 2025

California's VTA: 3 of 4 Unions Have Ratified Contracts

Despite outreach efforts by VTA, negotiations with the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 265 remain unresolved, according to the agency.

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Newsby StaffApril 18, 2025

USDOT Assumes Control of New York Penn Station Overhaul

The Administration determined that USDOT and Amtrak can together deliver a world-class Penn Station.

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