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Newsby StaffDecember 15, 2025

WMATA Board Adopts Updated Strategic Transformation Plan and Reviews New Budget Proposal

A new strategy and budget proposal position the agency to improve service, invest in modernization, and strengthen the region’s transit future.

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A WMATA train through a chain link fence.
Newsby News/Media ReleaseNovember 18, 2025

COG and WMATA Endorse $460M Plan to Modernize Regional Transit

Regional leaders unite behind the DMVMoves plan, calling for annual funding to modernize and improve coordination across the region’s 14 transit systems.

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Newsby StaffNovember 14, 2025

NVTC Backs Bold Plan to Secure Long-Term Public Transit Funding

The Commission backed the recommendations of the General Assembly's SJ 28 Northern Virginia Growing Needs of Public Transit Joint Subcommittee and DMVMoves, the task force convened by Metro and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, during its November meeting.

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Five people in business attire lined up shoveling dirt.
Newsby StaffNovember 10, 2025

Amtrak Breaks Ground on Multiple Yard Modernization Projects

New maintenance facilities and other yard upgrades will support state-of-the-art Airo trains set to enter service in 2027.

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Workers constructing and upgraded a GRTC bus stop.
Newsby News/Media ReleaseJuly 23, 2025

Virginia’s GRTC Makes Progress on Essential Transit Infrastructure Project

The agency makes steady progress on stop improvements, using equity data to guide where new shelters and amenities go next.

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Newsby StaffApril 25, 2025

Virginia Breaks Ground on New River Valley Project

As part of the VPRA's Transforming Rail in Virginia initiative, the New River Valley Project encompasses railroad infrastructure upgrades, which will allow VPRA to extend its Amtrak Virginia service from Roanoke to Christiansburg and return passenger rail service to the New River Valley for the first time since 1979.

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Newsby StaffNovember 12, 2024

Virgina Department of Rail and Public Transportation Names New Director

Tiffany Robinson brings nearly 15 years of distinguished experience in state and local government, with a proven track record of leadership in strategic policy development, public administration, and community-focused initiatives.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsMarch 14, 2024

Feds Announce $900K in Grants to Support Intercity Passenger Rail

Created by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the IRC Program provides new opportunities to entities implementing IRCs to advance multi-state and regional passenger rail service efforts.

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Transit Dispatchesby Mary Scott NabersJanuary 3, 2024

$8B Rail Project Funding Should Stir Interest in 2024

In December, the FRA announced $8.1 billion in funding for passenger rail projects. The funding is a part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act that Congress passed several years ago, but the funding now is flowing aggressively.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsDecember 12, 2023

Virginia Breeze Hits Ridership Record

Managed by the Virginia DRPT and funded through the FTA’s Intercity Bus Program, The Virginia Breeze is a vital intercity bus service connecting communities across the Commonwealth to larger cities and other major forms of transportation.

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