June 15, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Philadelphia Tribune, June 12, 2020) PHILADELPHIA — SEPTA employees are now able to get tested for COVID-19 free of charge at four transit stations thanks to a new partnership with the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium. Full story: Philadelphia...
June 15, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Fox 13, June 12, 2020) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Multiple agencies responded to a freight train fire Saturday afternoon near Rock Springs, Wyoming. No one was injured. Full story: www.fox13news.com
June 15, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Poughkeepsie Journal, June 12, 2020) POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — Metro-North’s conductors sued the railroad Thursday, saying they fear contracting the coronavirus on trains that have gotten increasingly crowded in recent weeks. Full story: Poughkeepsie...
June 15, 2020 | Amtrak, DOT, Headlines
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, June 12, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Federal government announced nearly 100 million cloth facial coverings will be sent to the aviation, transit, and passenger rail transportation sectors for passenger...
June 15, 2020 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CBC News, June 15, 2020) CALGARY — When Melanie Loessl got a call from a friend on Feb. 6 that another oil train had crashed and burned near her community, she thought it was a joke. Not two months earlier, she’d been forced to flee after a different...
