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Will hear in about four months whether the Charlotte Area Transit light rail system will be extended to UNC Charlotte by 2017. The extension would cost about $1 billion, and the agency hopes for half of the cost to come from federal funding.
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City planners concluded it’s a better public transit option for the area. Since a 2007 analysis of transit alternatives selected a commuter rail line as the future transportation choice, planners have seen the Northstar Commuter Rail struggle with operating costs.
Read More →Concurrently, Brightline has provided authorization for Tri-Rail trains to enter the MiamiCentral Station as part of the testing.
Read More →The transition brings the primary functions of the district’s commuter rail and hybrid rail services under its direct management.
Read More →Determined cheaper than rail, BRT got its due this week in Detroit and Nashville, Tenn., as they named it their best transit option. Many other cities have come to similar conclusions. However, with high-speed rail being declared “dead” in the press last week, is there an assault on rail projects in general?
Read More →Company to operate and maintain the Denton County Transportation Authority’s A-train 21-mile commuter rail line.
Read More →The 10th Annual Association of Travel Instruction Continuing Education Conference will be held Aug. 13 to 15, 2010, in Baltimore.
Read More →It’s been more than six decades since it was possible to travel by rail from downtown Los Angeles to the beachfront of Santa Monica, Calif.
Read More →In 2018 alone, 270 people were killed at railroad crossings.
Read More →The nonprofit cites FRA statistics, which indicate 2,004 vehicle-train collisions in the U.S. in 2010, up 4.2 percent from the 1,924 incidents in 2009. The collisions resulted in 260 deaths and 810 injuries, with crossing deaths up 5.3 percent and crossing injuries up 9.8 percent.
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