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News•by News/Media Release•June 12, 2024

MTA Replaces First Segment of Park Avenue Viaduct Without Disrupting Metro-North Railroad Service

The replacement represents a major step toward ensuring this critical transportation infrastructure remains in a state of good repair and enables Metro-North to continue safely delivering record on-time performance.

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News•by Staff and News Reports•June 12, 2024

Chicago Hits Average Weekday Ridership of 1M in May

Ridership on bus routes that received additional scheduled service was up 10% on weekdays in May compared to March, while the other bus routes also saw gains of 3%.

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News•by Staff and News Reports•June 11, 2024

Boston MBTA's Board Approves FY25-29 Capital Investment Plan

The FY25-29 MBTA CIP includes over 640 unique capital projects to modernize, expand, and increase the safety and reliability of the MBTA transit network with a programmed spend of $9.6 billion over the next five fiscal years, including $843 million in new funding.

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News•by News/Media Release•June 11, 2024

Caltrain Runs 8 Trains Simultaneously on New Corridor

The milestone marks the final corridor-wide test before the launch of electrified service in September, as well as the last weekend service change for the Electrification project.

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News•by Staff and News Reports•June 10, 2024

California's Valley Transportation Breaks Ground on New Light Rail Line

The Eastridge to BART Regional Connector will add 2.4 miles of light rail from the existing Alum Rock Transit Center to the Eastridge Transit Center, with stations at Story Road and the Eastridge Transit Center.

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News•by Staff•June 7, 2024

Sound Transit's Lynwood Link Extension Starts Pre-Revenue Testing

The current phase includes training for operators and maintenance staff, and continued testing to ensure stations, tracks, utilities, and vehicles work together as expected in preparation for the start of service.

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News•by Staff and News Reports•June 7, 2024

Northern Virginia Approves $30M In Projects to Ease Traffic Congestion

The projects will be funded as part of NVTC's I-66 Commuter Choice program, which reinvests toll revenues into projects that demonstrate the ability to move more people through two of Northern Virginia's most traffic-congested corridors.

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News•by News/Media Release•June 7, 2024

Metrolink Extends CEO's Contract Through '29

As CEO, Darren Kettle's passion and expertise have guided Metrolink through an unprecedented industry-wide shift in ridership triggered by the coronavirus pandemic.

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News•by Staff and News Reports•June 6, 2024

New York Gov. Hochul Pauses Congestion Pricing Plan

The Central Business District Tolling Program was mandated by the State in April 2019 and modeled on urban congestion pricing programs around the world to reduce traffic congestion and raise needed revenue to improve public transportation.

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News•by Staff and News Reports•June 6, 2024

Biz Briefs: Tolar, Masabi, Modeshift, and More

The latest in agency/supplier partnerships in Pennsylvania, Florida, and Colorado.

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