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Newsby StaffDecember 8, 2025

Sound Transit Launches Link Light Rail Extension

The nearly eight-mile 1 Line extension adds new options to travel quickly and safely between Seattle, Sea-Tac Airport, and Federal Way, and includes three new stations, as well as two new parking structures and a parking addition in Federal Way.

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Image of rail tracks with text reading "USDOT Announces Temporary Waiver Program to Evaluate Track Inspection Technology."
Newsby StaffDecember 8, 2025

USDOT Announces Temporary Waiver Program to Evaluate Track Inspection Technology

See how the Federal Railroad Administration's five-year waiver lets railroads test automated track inspection tools alongside visual checks.

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Newsby StaffDecember 8, 2025

New LIRR and Metro-North Ticket Machines Enhance Rider Experience

For nearly 25 years, the MTA’s legacy TVMs have been the backbone of fare payment, maintaining 97% availability and generating about 30% of all ticket sales.

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Newsby StaffDecember 5, 2025

Alstom’s Citadis LRVs Debut on Toronto’s Finch West LRT

The Citadis LRVs will operate on an entirely new line, with a dedicated right-of-way separated from traffic.

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Newsby StaffDecember 5, 2025

NVTC Calls for Long-Term WMATA Funding in New Annual Report

The support is informed by the work of DMVmoves, the joint task force assembled by WMATA and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, and the Virginia General Assembly's Northern Virginia Growing Needs of Public Transit Joint Subcommittee.

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Newsby StaffDecember 4, 2025

Denver RTD’s 2026 Budget Seeks to Align Transit Service Goals with Fiscal Pressures

The budget aligns expenses with RTD’s Strategic Plan, minimizes impacts to transit service delivery, and retains the agency’s people power needed to deliver its mission.

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Newsby StaffDecember 3, 2025

NJ Transit Starts Redevelopment of Former Newark HQ Site

The project is a two-phase process that also includes a new headquarters for Horizon in downtown Newark.

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Newsby StaffDecember 2, 2025

New York MTA Launches New Capital Program Dashboard

The dashboard allows users to monitor progress and see what is being built or replaced, where it is happening, the budget, how much has been spent, and when it will be completed.

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Newsby StaffDecember 1, 2025

California High-Speed Rail Officials Release $3.5B RFP

Recently approved by the Authority’s board, this procurement marks a significant acceleration toward track installation next year in California’s Central Valley and toward advancing the country’s first high-speed rail system toward operations.

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Newsby StaffNovember 26, 2025

Maryland Transit Administration Receives Final Light Rail Vehicle for Purple Line Project

Arriving ahead of schedule, the vehicle delivery marks a significant step in the project's overall progress.

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