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News•by Staff•November 7, 2023

California High-Speed Rail Releases Design Services RFQ

There are more than 25 active construction sites in California’s Central Valley, with the authority having environmentally cleared 422 miles of the high-speed rail program from the Bay Area to the Los Angeles Basin.

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News•by Staff and News Reports•November 7, 2023

Southern California’s Metrolink, Amtrak Provide Expanded Customer Options

The new expanded codeshare reciprocity will run as a pilot program currently slated to end June 30, 2024.

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News•by News/Media Release•November 7, 2023

FRA Awards $16.4B for Passenger Rail Projects

Projects were selected through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Program (Fed-State NEC).

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News•by News/Media Release•November 6, 2023

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Funding to Advance Second Avenue Subway Project

The funding will help support the 1.8-mile extension of the Q line along the east side of Manhattan to 125th Street, relieving overcrowding on the Lexington Avenue Line, which transports 200,000 riders per day.

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News•by News/Media Release•November 3, 2023

New York MTA Completes Re-NEW-vations at Hunters Point Ave, Avenue J Stations

This work is part of New York City Transit (NYCT)’s Re-NEW-vation Program which utilizes planned service outages to perform station-wide repairs, enhancements, and deep cleaning.

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News•by Staff and News Reports•November 3, 2023

L.A. Metro Releases Measure M 5-Year Assessment, Equity Report

The 189-page report provides an overview of the first five years of Measure M funding (July 2017 to June 2022), and a fresh approach to assessing sales tax revenue through an equity framework that focuses on people first and the role Measure M, and Metro by extension, play in quality-of-life outcomes.

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News•by Staff and News Reports•November 2, 2023

Texas' DCTA Hits Highest Ridership Since 2019

The agency attracted its strongest ridership gains aboard its combined bus services, as well as its GoZone on-demand rideshare service.

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Articles•by Dan Verbsky •November 2, 2023

How Advanced Content Management Systems Can Enhance Transit Hub Experiences, Capabilities

CMSs are making it possible to centrally control content, power, and emergency broadcast capabilities for virtually every type and size of digital screen from flight information displays and overhead banners to direct-view LED video walls and menu boards.

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News•by Staff and News Reports•November 1, 2023

New Orleans Marks 100th Anniversary of Historic Streetcars

Debuting in 1835, the St. Charles Streetcar line is the oldest continuously operating streetcar line in the world and is registered as a National Historic Landmark by the National Historic Register in Washington, D.C.

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Articles•by Alex Roman•November 1, 2023

Siemens Mobility President/CEO Talks Tech and More

Marc Buncher discusses Siemens current direction, the state of high-speed rail in America, and much more.

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