May 16, 2016 | Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, May 13, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and NJ TRANSIT will hold two meetings next week on the Hudson Tunnel Project to build a new tunnel...
May 12, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, May 12, 2016) NEWARK, N.J. — Management changes continued at NJ Transit on Wednesday, when the agency named two Christie administration officials as deputy executive director and chief financial officer. Full story:...
May 12, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Boston Globe, May 11, 2016) BOSTON — The MBTA has rebuilt and refurbished a locomotive and given it a snazzy new paint job. The locomotive will be responsible for bringing CapeFlyer trains between Boston and the Cape beginning Memorial Day weekend, and used...
May 11, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, May 10, 2016) NEWARK, N.J. — Sunday is opening day for NJ Transit’s Wesmont station, serving a transit-oriented development in Wood-Ridge in Bergen County. Full story: www.nj.com
May 10, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Boston Herald, May 10, 2016) BOSTON — State transportation officials and MBTA fiscal overseers voted unanimously yesterday to support a scaled-down Green Line extension — if they can get federal approval for the project and find a way to pay for it. Full...
May 10, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, May 9, 2016) NEWARK, N.J. — Top level changes continue at NJ Transit as Michael Drewniak, the former spokesman for Gov. Chris Christie, was named interim chief of staff. Full story: www.nj.com
May 10, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Reuters, May 9, 2016) NEW YORK — The executive director of New York City’s biggest regional transportation authority urged reforms of the nation’s environmental review process for infrastructure projects on Monday to cut costs due to bureaucratic...
May 9, 2016 | Commuter Rail, DOT, Headlines
(Source: Politico New York, May 6, 2016) NEW YORK — While United States Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx is generally pleased with the progress the region has made since last year, he called its inaction on building a new tunnel connecting midtown to New Jersey...
May 6, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Connecticut News 12, May 5, 2016) BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Service on Metro-North’s New Haven Line is operating on or close to schedule after a worker was hurt on the tracks earlier in the day, officials say. A spokesperson says the worker was cut and...
May 5, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: New York Times, May 5, 2016) NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is considering two proposals to shut down the L train tunnel between Manhattan and Brooklyn that would close the subway line under the East River or reduce its service by 80...
