March 14, 2018 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Editorial from Bloomberg News, March 12, 2018) NEW YORK — As U.S. secretary of transportation, Elaine Chao oversees America’s roads, bridges, and rail networks. Not surprisingly, then, she has some trouble explaining her boss’s opposition to the single most...
March 14, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Boston Globe, March 13, 2018) BOSTON — Reducing service on the MBTA and commuter rail system during Tuesday’s nor’easter was a successful strategy that led to an 89 percent on-time rate for the commuter rail, permitted subway trains to keep tracks clear, and...
March 14, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.northjersey.com, March 13, 2018) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — n his budget address Tuesday, Gov. Phil Murphy said the state’s beleaguered mass transit system was getting a $242 million increase, to applause from state lawmakers and Cabinet officials....
March 13, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, March 12, 2018) NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit — plagued by a drop in ridership, faced with the need to hire more workers, and under threat of a potential fare hike to keep the buses and trains on schedule — could be a big winner in Gov....
March 13, 2018 | Commuter Rail, DOT, Headlines
(Source: Crain’s New York, March 12, 2018) NEW YORK — Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao told one heck of a lie last week when she testified to Congress that New York and New Jersey are asking the federal government to pay the entire cost of Hudson River tunnel...
March 13, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.boston.com, March 12, 2018) BOSTON — A big test is on its way Tuesday for the MBTA. With the Boston area expected to get hit with blizzard conditions and at least a foot of snow, the agency is pulling out all the stops — and all the plows — to keep the...
March 13, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Boston Herald, March 13, 2018) BOSTON — The T will be running during today’s blizzard — but with slower service in the subway and “extremely reduced” trips on the commuter rail, officials said, as they urged Bay Staters to take public transportation instead...
March 12, 2018 | Commuter Rail, CSX, Headlines
(Source: Tallahassee Democrat, March 11, 2018) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Railroad giant CSX is looking to sell off a chunk of track running from just outside of Jacksonville through Pensacola. The 330-mile stretch went on the market in mid-January and passes through the...
March 9, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, March 8, 2018) NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit said its rail, bus, light rail and Access Link service will resume full service Friday after crews cleaned up from Wednesday’s powerful winter storm. Full story: www.nj.com
March 9, 2018 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Opinion column by Mike Kelly at www.northjersey.com, March 9, 2018) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — The best alternative is to build new tunnels, then repair the old ones to handle the increased rail traffic from NJ Transit and Amtrak. These new Gateway tunnels have...
