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Photo Galleriesby Alex RomanFebruary 14, 2024

California's Metrolink Celebrates Customer Appreciation Day

This year, Metrolink embraced the theme "Eras: Metrolink & Metrolink Riders" to underscore the enduring relationship between the service and its passengers.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseFebruary 13, 2024

WMATA Opens Public Comment Period for Proposed Budget

The $4.5 billion capital and operating budget proposal provides a worst-case scenario; however, WMATA’s funding partners are currently working through legislation that may reduce some of the most detrimental fare and service changes proposed.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseFebruary 13, 2024

STM Awards Contract for Train Control System

The $217,173,941 contract was awarded to Ground Transportation Systems Canada Inc. and includes installation, maintenance, and certain options for the CBTC system.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseFebruary 9, 2024

WMATA Announces 3-Year Capital Construction Plans

Planned closures are scheduled between summer 2024 and summer 2026, with additional construction planned over the winter holidays.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseFebruary 7, 2024

FTA Administrator Fernandez Announces Retirement

Upon Administrator Fernandez’s departure from FTA on February 24, FTA Deputy Administrator Veronica Vanterpool will serve as acting administrator.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 6, 2024

Amtrak Awards Contract to Build New Baltimore Tunnel

The generational investment is the centerpiece of Amtrak’s Frederick Douglass Tunnel Program, which will modernize and transform an approximately 10-mile section of the Northeast Corridor.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseFebruary 5, 2024

FTA Provides $110M in Funding to Help Transit Agencies Recover from Natural Disasters

The support, provided through FTA’s ER Program, will help agencies repair damaged equipment and facilities and recoup costs for evacuation and rescue operations following floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes occurring in 2017 and 2020 to 22.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseFebruary 5, 2024

Sound Transit 1 Line Returns to Service

Crews began working on Jan. 13 on several projects to improve service for riders.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseFebruary 2, 2024

MTA Launches First Subway Cars with Open Gangways Into Service

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul also announced 1,000 of the agency's subway cars are now equipped with cameras.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 31, 2024

U.S. DOT Initiatives Observe National Human Trafficking Prevention Month

The new program incentivizes individuals and organizations to think creatively in developing innovative solutions to combat human trafficking in the transportation industry, and to share those innovations with the broader community.

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