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For the second consecutive year, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority paid tribute to the passion of its rail fans by inviting them to attend its recent annual Rail Rodeo competition. Rodeo lottery winners were also given the opportunity to ride the newest addition to SEPTA’s rail fleet — the Silverliner V — and “talk shop” with SEPTA maintenance staff.
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When speaking about President Obama’s investments in high-speed and intercity passenger rail, Administrator Joseph C. Szabo discussed how 32 states are now moving ahead with 153 rail-development projects, with 44 projects in 16 states, representing close to $3 billion in federal funding, currently under way or set to break ground and other projects coming in on time and on budget.
Read More →The 3.2-mile addition advances SMART’s 70-mile corridor, with STV providing full-service design for stations, bridges, pathways, and safety infrastructure.
Read More →Funding under this program was made available by the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, and the Consolidated Appropriations Acts of 2019, 2018, and 2017.
Read More →Recently approved by the Authority’s board, this procurement marks a significant acceleration toward track installation next year in California’s Central Valley and toward advancing the country’s first high-speed rail system toward operations.
Read More →The plan will inventory existing freight and passenger rail lines in the state and analyze the potential for new freight, high-speed, intercity and commuter corridors, including tourist railroads.
Read More →The Miami International Airport Station is the centerpiece of a comprehensive program of both roadway and transit improvements, which provided $404.7 million in funding.
Read More →The $523 million North Shore Connector shuttles passengers between the new Gateway Station downtown to the elevated Allegheny Station, adjacent to Heinz Field on the North Shore.
Read More →Denver’s Regional Transportation District is encouraging the public to report unusual activity observed near rail crossings and signals due to continued copper wire theft.
Read More →The initiative is in line with TfL’s new “quieter times to travel” information to help people feel safer using transport amid the pandemic.
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