Tag: passenger rail

April 17, 2019

The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority’s (RTA) heavy rail fleet should be replaced within five years, the light rail fleet within 10 years, and the entire fleet’s lifespan is well beyond any benefits of continued system upgrades. That was the […]

April 10, 2019

Chicago’s Regional Transportation Authority (RTA), the Village of Bannockburn, GlenStar Properties (GlenStar), and Lyft are teaming up to launch a new weekday ride-hail pilot that connects commuters from nearby Metra stations to GlenStar’s Bannockburn Lakes office complex. The Village of […]

April 5, 2019

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) joined federal, state, and local elected officials and community leaders to celebrate the completion of the Southwestern Yard, designed and constructed to attain LEED Silver Certification with many “green” features. The features […]

April 4, 2019

As they combed a just-cleaned train car, Clark Hubanks and Dominic Cisneros could have been mistaken for detectives. With experienced eyes, they spotted a tiny tear in a seat cover and a wad of gum stuck to the bottom of […]

March 20, 2019

California’s Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) carried its 100,000 bicyclist last week. “The bicycling community has been very supportive, taking their bikes on board as part of their daily commute and for recreation,” said SMART Board Chairman Gary Phillips. Since […]

March 12, 2019

State, local, and transit officials were on hand to mark the ceremonial opening of the new Blue Hill Avenue Station. “The opening of this station reaffirms the MBTA’s commitment to improve public transit in all the communities we serve,” said […]

February 14, 2019

Three quarters of the population in Europe lives in cities. The proportion is increasing, and like many areas of the western world, we are seeing a return to living in and around our largest cities. European cities are becoming ever […]

October 17, 2018

In a major milestone for construction of the first section of the Metro Purple Line Extension Project, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) began tunneling work underneath Wilshire Boulevard and La Brea Avenue. Twin tunnel boring machines (TBMs), […]

October 10, 2018

Metra has reached an agreement with business and civic groups in Lake County to share the costs of a potential two-year pilot project for two new reverse-commute trains on the Milwaukee District North Line and to work on a definitive […]

November 1, 2017

During the October 26, 2017 regular meeting, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority ( Metro) Board exercised the option to have Talgo overhaul the remaining 36 of the 74 heavy rail vehicles (HRV’s) for an amount of $18.3 million. […]

July 17, 2017

Seattle Sound Transit’s newest light rail facility earned Leadership Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for its use of sustainable practices in the design and construction of the Angle Lake Station, which opened in the […]

July 10, 2017

Amtrak, New Jersey Transit, and MTA passengers are bracing for the kickoff of what New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has called “the summer of hell” at Penn Station as Amtrak, its owner, embarks on emergency repairs, NBC Newsreports. More than 1,300 […]

June 23, 2017

Alstom announced the launch of operations for Bangalore metro’s Green Line, which will connect Nagasandra in North Bangalore with Yelachanahalli in the South, the last section of Bangalore Metro Phase 1. As part of the contract, valued at a total […]

June 1, 2017

New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced the launch of the “MTA Genius Transit Challenge,” an international competition seeking groundbreaking and innovative solutions to increase the capacity and improve the reliability of New York City’s subway service. The competition will […]