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Newsby StaffJuly 24, 2019

NJ TRANSIT's FY20 budget to boost personnel, customer experience

Approximately 61% of the operating budget is dedicated to costs associated with labor and fringe benefits.

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NewsJune 26, 2019

3 spatial tools to help you maintain your wayside PTC assets

With thousands of pieces of new infrastructure, railroads are asking: How are we going to manage all these safety-critical PTC assets?

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Newsby StaffJune 12, 2019

SFRTA set to test PTC on revenue service

Revenue trains will be incrementally added in the demonstration phase until the entire fleet is operating with PTC systems.

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Newsby StaffMay 29, 2019

PTC now operating on 48K plus miles, according to FRA report

All 41 railroads subject to the statutory mandate complied with the law by Dec. 31, 2018.

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Newsby StaffApril 20, 2019

Shuttered NJ TRANSIT rail services to be restored before target

The new date is nearly two weeks ahead of the agency’s target date.

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Newsby StaffMarch 13, 2019

PTC implementation took a leap between 2016-2018

In a statement from the U.S. DOT, implementation jumped from 24% to 30% for passenger rail and 16% to 83% for freight. 

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Newsby StaffFebruary 27, 2019

Governor calls for NJ TRANSIT to reveal re-launch date for rail lines

Service on three trains has been suspended since September.

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ArticlesFebruary 18, 2019

Q&A with APTA's Paul P. Skoutelas

METRO spoke with Skoutelas to get his thoughts on the government shutdown, his agenda, and his most memorable ride on public transit.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 15, 2019

All required railroads met statutory deadline, schedule for PTC

Notably, Quarter Four data also show PTC systems are in operation on almost 46,000 of the nearly 58,000-route miles.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 12, 2019

Metro-North Railroad lands grant to set up PTC test lab

Will help improve the performance of PTC radio spectrum utilization required to make PTC operational on the Northeast Corridor.

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