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Newsby Staff and News ReportsApril 1, 2024

Boston's MBTA Graduates Large Group of Heavy Rail Operators

The milestone achievement is a significant step forward in the MBTA's ongoing efforts to maintain reliability and provide consistent Red, Orange, and Blue Line service.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsApril 1, 2024

$2.4B in CRISI Funding Now Available

CRISI grants advance projects that modernize America’s freight and intercity passenger rail infrastructure, allowing people and goods to move with greater safety, efficiency, and reliability.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsApril 1, 2024

New York to Pilot New Tech, Add Officers to Increase Subway Safety

The city is exploring, and will soon begin piloting, emerging technologies designed to detect weapons carried by travelers into the transit system.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsMarch 29, 2024

Operation Lifesaver Awards Rail Safety Public Awareness Campaigns in 11 States

The grants will fund a variety of crossing safety and trespass prevention public education projects, which also will be conducted in conjunction with the nonprofit safety group’s observance of “See Tracks? Think Train!” Week, September 23 to 29.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseMarch 29, 2024

DOT Makes $5.1B Available for Significant National Infrastructure Projects

The application process for three discretionary programs has been streamlined into the single Multimodal Project Discretionary Grant Program opportunity.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsMarch 28, 2024

Sound Transit Names First CEO of Megaproject Delivery

Sound Transit currently has the largest transit expansion program in the country, including ST3 capital projects totaling an estimated $54 billion. Mestas will start in her new position on April 29.

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Newsby StaffMarch 27, 2024

Caltrain Retires 32 Diesel Passenger Railcars as Electrification Nears

Caltrain currently has eight of the eventual 23 electric trainsets on its property.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsMarch 27, 2024

Denver Approves Downtown Rail Intersection Reconstruction, Project Management Contracts

In early 2024, RTD sought proposals from qualified firms for construction and project support to undertake a multi-phased project to reconstruct miles of light rail track in downtown Denver.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseMarch 27, 2024

Canada’s Metrolinx Awards Siemens Mobility Rail Service Contract

The partnership builds upon Siemens Mobility's existing maintenance services in the West Region and signal and communications services at the Metrolinx Network Operations Center.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseMarch 22, 2024

Feds Open Public Comments on Rail Transit Worker Safety Rule

Under the NPRM, transit agencies nationwide would be required to create a protection program geared at personnel who work on or around the tracks, implement comprehensive training for workers, and ensure unsafe acts and conditions are reported.

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