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Approved a $53.4 billion appropriations bill funding investments in the nation's roads, bridges, rail and transit systems, and airports, as well as housing assistance for low-income families and veterans.
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Will equip the agency's schedulers with effective solutions to manage rolling-stock assignments within several common track sections and create conflict-free timetables.
Read More →Will apply $268,278 of its remaining funding from a federal grant to the Cincinnati Streetcar. The money is left over from a $876,762 rail-related grant that was awarded to the agency in 1996 that must be used or would be forfeited and no other regional projects qualify for the funds.
Read More →A new solid-state interlocking system will replace the rail system's 70-year-old equipment.
Read More →Line is composed of the two- and three-track rail corridor east of Union Station in downtown Toronto to a junction near Whites Road in Pickering, Ont., where the line connects with GO Transit's separate rail right-of-way.
Read More →Rail proposal decried by governor and some legislators expected to be up and running by 2009.
Read More →First responders will be able to use the vehicles to move equipment along the tracks to the scene of a Metrorail emergency, as well as safely transport people who are unable to walk out of an incident area. The MERVs run on rail tracks up to 10 mph and can turn what could be a 45-minute walk for firefighters loaded with gear into a four-minute ride.
Read More →Will reduce the cost of the Phase 2 project by hundreds of millions of dollars and keep tolls more affordable for Dulles Toll Road users. The Commonwealth of Virginia will contribute $150 million to Phase 2. The Dulles Silver Line Rail project will be eligible for federal assistance under the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act program.
Read More →Daniel Grabauskas answered various questions from skeptical Leeward Community College students.
Read More →Riders have taken more than 1.9 million trips on the commuter line since it opened in 2009. Ridership has climbed each year reaching more than 476,000 in 2013.
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