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Portland has found that playing classical music at the stations discourages loitering and crime. A bill in the Oregon Legislature, if passed, will expand the program to all light rail stops in high-crime areas in three neighboring counties.
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If successful, metro Atlanta will be a single file of major economic development up and down what is now Georgia 400, built along a rail line that would link Alpharetta with downtown Atlanta and its airport beyond.
Read More →Groundbreaking on the first 29-mile segment of the $68 billion project takes place in Fresno, Calif. today.
Read More →Orange County (Calif.) Transportation Authority’s quiet zone program work included the enhancement of 52 railroad crossings and helped silence train horns for local communities.
Read More →The Authority determined that Dragados/Flatiron/Shimmick, who bid $1.2 billion, was the “apparent best value,” for the 65-mile segment from Fresno to North of Bakersfield.
Read More →Charlotte, N.C., is on the cusp of bringing to fruition its first light-rail project, while its neighbor, Raleigh-Durham, has seen its rail project fall into disarray. Differences in geography, infrastructure, politics and funding help explain the divergent outcomes.
Read More →Rail operating companies in the United Kingdom establish formal station adoption programs.
Read More →Seven months ahead of schedule and on budget, the additional 3.1-miles of service on Main Street between Sycamore Drive and Mesa Drive was greeted with big cheers from riders, business owners and local leaders.
Read More →Says some spurs need to disappear to meet federal safety guidelines for its commuter rail project. SMART is upgrading some spurs that serve legitimate businesses but can't afford to restore all the switches.
Read More →The six-year, $272.7 million comprehensive infrastructure and rehabilitation contract would rehabilitate 27 miles of track and 23 Metrorail stations. The design work is expected to begin next month.
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