Plans include replacing and expanding fleet of locomotives and passenger railcars with the purchase of several hundred single-level and bi-level long distance passenger railcars and more than a hundred locomotives.
Read More →Center will build on the efforts of other already existing APTA committees, including the High-Speed and Intercity Rail Committee and the Legislative Committee.
Read More →To feature practitioners from global systems and will focus on best practices and lessons learned from European and Asian systems.
Read More →Prepared to request $50 million from the reauthorization of the Surface Transportation Act that Congress is expected to consider next year.
Read More →More than 30 rail manufacturers and suppliers, both domestic and foreign, have committed to establish or expand their base of operations in the U.S. if they are chosen by states or groups of states to build America’s next generation high-speed rail lines.
Read More →Authorities have said that terrorists are responsible. It is the country's most serious attack since 2004.
Read More →Terms of the contract include regular professional exchanges and provide for simpler commissioning of joint research and development work. The framework agreement covers an initial period up to Dec. 31, 2014.
Read More →Eric C. Peterson, a 20-year industry veteran of transportation issues and policy management, served most recently as executive director for the Rural Cellular Association.
Read More →He will be based in URS' Columbus, Ohio, office and direct its nationwide high-speed rail transit practice.
Read More →Ordered focus to be on proposed San Diego to San Francisco bullet train.
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