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The JetTrain, developed by Bombardier and the Federal Rail Administration, has been proposed for use in a high-speed rail project in Florida.
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The posters feature close-up face images capturing transit rider attention with actionable safety advice.
Read More →Reimagining Regional Rail will create a vision of what that looks like and will identify the infrastructure, equipment, operations, and policies needed to get there.
Read More →Will serve as the first installment of the $545 million ARRA grant awarded to the state in January to continue its development of high-speed intercity rail.
Read More →Memphis Area Transit Authority; Phoenix, Ariz.’s Valley Metro; Portland, Ore.-based Tri-Met; and Salt Lake City-based Utah Transit Authority’s TRAX will receive funds for rail safety education.
Read More →The Rail Transit Team Achievement Award is given to the system with the highest rail operator and maintainer team combined score.
Read More →On Tuesday, a federal grand jury in Alexandria, Va., returned a three-count indictment against Farooque Ahmed, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Pakistan, charging him with attempting to provide material support to a designated terrorist organization, collecting information to assist in planning a terrorist attack on a transit facility, and attempting to provide material support to help carry out multiple bombings to cause mass casualties at D.C.-area Metrorail stations.
Read More →Robert Lavell has headed rail operations since 2014.
Read More →Illinois DOT received more than $177 million for a passenger rail project between Chicago and the Quad Cities. Georgia DOT was awarded $4.1 million to complete plans and an environmental study for a 250-mile passenger rail corridor between Atlanta and Charlotte, N.C., and the D.C. DOT received $2.9 million for potential bridge replacement.
Read More →Over the past 40 years, NJ TRANSIT said it has steadily improved New Jersey’s rail network by investing in modernized equipment, rebuilding the infrastructure, and more.
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