METRO Briefs

Lawyer for ex-BART cop wants gag order lifted. Illinois labor leader possibly tapped to head FRA. Cell phones to use bus-tracking capabilities.

The commute gets cultured

The average daily rail commute can be quite mundane — wait at the station, get on the train and read, catch up on work or nap. Recently, though, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority partnered with local music organizations to add a little culture to the regular rail routine.

Alicia Dixon

Anatomy of a Rail System Shutdown, Reconstruction

In order for scheduled repairs to take place when subway ridership was at its lowest all year, the Maryland Transit Administration undertook an unprecedented plan to shut down the central core of the 33-year-old subway system for 21 days.

ABA's Marketplace focuses on forging business relationships

In January, Nashville’s newly constructed Music City Center hosted the ABA’s 2014 Marketplace.

Lisa Vickery

Stadler breaks ground on railcar manufacturing plant in Salt Lake City

Its 62-acre property boasts 75,000 square feet of production space for the bogie, main, pre- and final assembly of single- and bi-level trains.

Arnaud Legrand

Inside SEPTA Artist’s Augmented Reality Public Art Project

Indian-American artist and filmmaker Anula Shetty shares how her new augmented reality public art project came to life.