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MBTA cancelled late-night train service in February after a brief experiment and is now considering contracting with Bridj to provide the service.
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The program, one of the largest competitive grant programs in the U.S. government, funds roughly one-half the cost of new and extended light rail, commuter rail, bus rapid transit and ferry systems built in the U.S.
Read More →Pursuit of private financing is one of several actions taken by the agency to expedite its next-generation high-speed rail vision plan since it was announced in September 2010. The business plan will identify and develop public and private funding sources and address fundamental issues of risk, credit, debt and investment phasing among other criteria.
Read More →The state commission, which regulates California's passenger rail operations, including Muni and BART, put an emergency ban on the books in the fall of 2008 — shortly after a train collision in Los Angeles County killed 25 people and injured more than 100 others.
Read More →The agency's system has been tested for months on a non-revenue train in the Stuart Mesa Rail facility and along the coastal corridor.
Read More →Ontario and Toronto back a single-source deal with Alstom for 70 new TTC subway trains, securing manufacturing jobs and reliable service.
Read More →Will develop and document a transit asset management framework and implementation guide that will support the FTA’s State of Good Repair and Asset Management Programs. FTA estimates a nationwide backlog of $50 billion to $80 billion in deferred maintenance and replacement needs, many of which are rail related.
Read More →Tri-Rail, the commuter rail service connecting Palm Beach and Broward Counties with Miami-Dade County, will be the first transit agency to join in the creation of a South Florida regional system, giving Floridians the ability to use one fare card — a smart card — to travel on both systems. Palm Tran and Broward County Transit are expected to join later.
Read More →Some of the most accomplished chefs in the country come together to brainstorm hipper more healthful dishes for the rail service.
Read More →Also asks feds for $2.065 billion in capital support and $212 million for debt service.
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