December 14, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, December 13, 2016) NEW YORK — The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), SMART United Transportation Union-Local 61 (SMART-UTU) and the Federal...
December 13, 2016 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: North Country Public Radio, December 13, 2016) PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — Travel between the North Country and Canada could get easier soon. Congress has passed legislation meant to cut down on wait times and headaches at the border. Right now, some Amtrak trains...
December 13, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, December 12, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The need for infrastructure investment has been written about quite a bit in this space. But that’s for good reason, because there is a right way and a wrong way to...
December 13, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: New York Daily News, December 12, 2016) NEW YORK — A plan to build a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River will be a major test of President-elect Donald Trump’s commitment to infrastructure, Sen. Chuck Schumer said Monday. Full story: New York Daily...
December 13, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, December 12, 2016) NEWARK, N.J. — Fixing the 106-year old rail tunnels used by tens of thousands of commuters will take longer than originally estimated, Amtrak officials said Monday. A multi-faceted plan calls for new Hudson River rail tunnels to...
December 13, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, December 12, 2016) NEW YORK — A massive project to build a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River won’t fall prey to the type of interstate political spats that have bedeviled other large infrastructure plans in the New York region,...
December 12, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: The Guardian, December 11, 2016) LONDON — Regular rail service through the world’s longest tunnel has begun, carrying passengers deep under the Swiss Alps from Zurich to Lugano. Full story: The Guardian
December 12, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Bloomberg, December 12, 2016) NEWARK, N.J. — As rail accidents climbed at New Jersey Transit, the cash-strapped agency understaffed its safety office while filling high-level jobs with people tied to Governor Chris Christie’s administration. Full story:...
December 12, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: AM New York, December 11, 2016) NEW YORK — Sen. Charles Schumer wants all rail and mass transit employees in sensitive positions to be cross-checked with the national terror watch list, much like he said airline employees are, as the city gears up for holiday...
December 9, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, December 7, 2016) NEWARK, N.J. — Merging NJ Transit with the state Department of Transportation and the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, and investing the savings into road, bridge and transit projects is one possible recommendation from a...
