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President Obama to push $300 billion transportation plan during Minnesota visit
(Source: Los Angeles Times, February 26, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Obama is scheduled to tour a revived train station in the Midwest on Wednesday to extol the benefits of federal spending on light-rail, roads and bridges as he tries to prod Congress to take...
Harvard study uses train stations to measure human interaction
(Source: Boston Globe, February 25, 2014) BOSTON -- Forget, for a moment, all the usual benefits of public transportation, like cutting greenhouse gases and reducing traffic. There is a new reason to ride the commuter rails: They provide researchers an excellent...
Freight traffic delays Northstar; BNSF sees ‘several days’ before fix
(Source: Star Tribune, February 24, 2014) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- In what has become a chronic problem for the Northstar line from Big Lake to Minneapolis, heavy freight traffic pushed the commuter train off schedule and is expected to do so several days this week. Full...
Amtrak debuts first-ever #AmtrakLIV_E train
(Source: Amtrak press release, February 24, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- More than 30 digital leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs will participate in #AmtrakLIVE, an inspiring train journey on the Texas Eagle from Los Angeles to Austin, Texas, March 5 - 7, 2014....
Opinion: Metro-North must restore confidence in a troubled railroad
(Source: Guest column by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and James P. Redeker in the Stamford Advocate, February 24, 2014. Dannel P. Malloy is governor of Connecticut; James P. Redeker is the commissioner of the state Department of Transportation.) STAMFORD, Conn. -- Without a...
Veronique Hakim named head of troubled NJ Transit
(Source: Asbury Park Press, February 25, 2014) NEWARK, N.J. -- Commuters and transit advocates have some advice for Veronique Hakim, Gov. Chris Christie’s nominee to head NJ Transit: Make the trains and buses run on time, and stop the delays that have plagued the...
Winter takes $2.2 million toll on SEPTA’s budget
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, February 24, 2014) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- Things were going well for SEPTA as it headed into this winter. As of December 31, SEPTA had a small operating budget surplus of about $200,000. Then Jan. 3 came and brought the first in a...
Film crew did not have permission to be on tracks at time of fatality
(Source: Variety, February 24, 2014) NEW YORK -- The sheriff’s office of Wayne County, Ga., released an incident report that suggests the production company did not have permission from CSX to shoot a scene on a train trestle and in fact may have been denied such...
KCS says Mexican rail industry working with government to address proposed railroad law amendments
(Source: Progressive Railroading, February 24, 2014) Kansas City Southern Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing Pat Ottensmeyer, and Kansas City Southern de México S.A. de C.V. (KCSM) President and Executive Representative Jose Zozaya, VP of Marketing and...
Illinois county considers high-speed rail station
(Source: Associated Press, February 24, 2014) EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. -- A southwestern Illinois county is weighing whether to commit $500,000 toward an East St. Louis station along an emerging high-speed Amtrak route. Full story: Miami Herald
