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Report: The Portal Project Advances in California

Marybeth Luczak
May 16, 2024
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The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has committed $3.38 billion to The Portal Project, bringing Caltrain commuter rail to San Francisco’s Salesforce Transit Center, the San Francisco Examiner reported May 11. The Transbay Joint Powers Authority (T…

L.B. Foster, Koppers Earn ‘Best of the Boardroom’ Awards

Marybeth Luczak
May 14, 2024
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PITTSBURGH, Pa. – L.B. Foster Company’s Board of Directors and Koppers CEO Leroy M. Ball have been recognized with “Best of the Boardroom” awards from the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Three Rivers Chapter,
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MnDOT Awards $9.6MM to 11 Rail Improvement Projects

Marybeth Luczak
May 9, 2024
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ST. PAUL, Minn.: The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is distributing a total of $9.6 million in grants to 11 freight railroad improvement projects that it said will support economic development in different regions of the state.
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STB Finalizes Reciprocal Switching Rule

Marybeth Luczak
May 2, 2024
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WASHINGTON –– The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on April 30 reported adopting Reciprocal Switching for Inadequate Service, STB Docket No. EP 711 (Sub-No. 2), by unanimous vote, implementing new regulations at 49 CFR part 1145, which it said “sets …

Summer Launch Set for United Steel Supply Facility at Ports of Indiana

Marybeth Luczak
April 24, 2024
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INDIANAPOLIS –– The Ports of Indiana on April 23 reported that United Steel Supply LLC will invest up to $10 million to open a steel processing and painting facility at its rail-served Jeffersonville, Ind., location on
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Metrolink to Pilot Track Intrusion Detection

Marybeth Luczak
April 13, 2024
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From Our Colleagues at Railway Age:
LOS ANGELES –– Southern California’s Metrolink will use a $1.3 million federal grant for the development and demonstration of a track intrusion detection system that it said not only will improve the safety of its ri…

APTA Releases Ridership Trends Report

Marybeth Luczak
April 11, 2024
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FROM OUR COLLEAGUES AT RAILWAY AGE:
WASHINGTON ––After falling to 20% of pre-pandemic levels in April 2020, public transit has recovered to 79% of pre-pandemic levels as of March 2024, according to the American Public Transportation Association’s (…

PANY/NJ Launches $430MM ‘PATH Forward’ Program

Marybeth Luczak
April 9, 2024
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NEWARK – The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANY/NJ) on April 5 reported kicking off a two-year, $430 million program to upgrade stations, tracks, bridges and railcars at PATH (Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corp.), the fifth-busiest rapid tra…

Metra Outlines 2024 Construction Plan

Marybeth Luczak
April 5, 2024
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CHICAGO – Metra on April 3 detailed its construction program for 2024, covering station, track, road crossing, bridge, and signal/communications improvement projects along the Chicagoland commuter railroad’s 11 lines totaling nearly 500 route-miles. In…

Watch: Caltrain Marks EMU Testing Milestone –– From Our Colleagues at Railway Age

Marybeth Luczak
March 15, 2024
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. ––Caltrain has conducted testing of its Stadler-built KISS bilevel EMUs between Redwood City and Mountain View, Calif., marking a new milestone in the electrification of the system, due to launch this fall.
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