METRO's Top 50 Rail Survey Puts Project Costs at $52 Billion
Our seventh annual rail survey indicates growing interest in and funding of large-scale passenger rail projects in North America.
Our seventh annual rail survey indicates growing interest in and funding of large-scale passenger rail projects in North America.
How do automated peoplemovers (APMs) fit into the larger world of public transportation? Not easily, according to the author. The APM Conference in San Francisco will examine this often-ignored transportation mode.
Melding public and private interests can help to provide launch funding for rail projects while reducing costs, streamlining development and shortening implementation schedules.
The number of train derailments—like the recent Amtrak accident in Iowa that killed one person and injured 96 others—increased by about 20% over the past four years.
The Montreal Urban Community Transit Corp. (MUCTC) began distributing a free transit-system newspaper at 65 of its stations.
The opening of Seattle’s Sound Transit last year made it the 14th commuter rail operation since 1988 and the first time the city has seen such service in about 60 years.
Despite a string of fatal rail accidents, the European Union (EU) said train travel remains one of the safest ways of getting around the continent.
Narrowed from seven projects nationwide, maglev projects in Maryland and Pennsylvania were chosen by the U.S. Department of Transportation for further evaluation to determine a final project for development.
Convenience and cost savings are good reasons for high-speed rail construction along existing transit corridors, but design, engineering and operational considerations also need to be weighed.
The Washington (D.C.) Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) retrofitted nearly 100% of its 758 revenue-service railcars with gap reducers to reduce the amount of space between the platform and the door.
One person died and seven were seriously injured when an historic cable car ascending Los Angeles’ Angels Flight railway plummeted 200 feet down its own track, crashing into a second cable car and killing an 83-year-old New Jersey man.
In two distinct projects, the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (VDRPT) and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority (LACMTA) are tackling the issue of illegal pedestrian crossings at railroad tracks.
Amtrak increased the number of “quiet cars” on its Northeast Corridor Metroliners for those wishing to seek escape from cell phones.
A Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) rail pass helped local detectives find a shooting suspect.
In about two years, passengers will be able to travel the 19 miles from Shanghai, China, to the city’s airport in 10 minutes on high-speed rail.
Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams had encouraged eclipse viewers to take mass transit to their destinations for safety and congestion relief.
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