November 17, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, November 16, 2020) NEW YORK — Florida’s Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners has agreed to continue talks with Brightline on new commuter rail service along the Brightline/Florida East Coast Railway (FECR) corridor. Full story: Railway...
November 17, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Boston Globe, November 16, 2020) BOSTON — The MBTA’s proposed budget cuts have sparked an outcry from passengers and political leaders who say scaling back public transit will have both immediate and longer-term ramifications, hindering frontline workers...
November 17, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, November 17, 2020) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — While pandemic-related budget woes have spurred other transit agencies to sound alarms, SEPTA has stayed relatively mute on potential cost-saving steps that would undoubtedly impact Philadelphia’s...
November 16, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, November 13, 2020) NEWARK, N.J. — Last month, NJ Transit was praised by environmentalists for considering solar and renewable options for the agency’s Transitgrid back-up power plant to provide electricity to key parts of the rail system, if there...
November 13, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Progressive Railroading, November 13, 2020) Based on third-quarter reports, the commuter-rail industry is on track to complete full implementation of positive train control (PTC) by the federal government’s Dec. 31 deadline, the American Public...
November 13, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: NorthJersey.com, November 12, 2020) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — NJ Transit has seven weeks to the day to fully install its positive train control system, or else face a shut down and $27,000-a-day fines in 2021. Full story:...
November 12, 2020 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Opinion column at www.nj.com by Tom Moran, November 10, 2020) NEWARK, N.J. — The biggest mistake of Gov. Chris Christie’s years in office was not Bridgegate, it was his 2010 decision to cancel plans for a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River. Full story:...
November 11, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: NBC Boston, November 11, 2020) BOSTON — The MBTA held the first in a series of public meetings Tuesday to discuss the agency’s plan to scale back services as it struggles with low ridership amid the coronavirus pandemic. The MBTA held the first in a...
November 10, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: American Public Transportation Association press release, November 7, 2020) WASHIINGTON, D.C. — “On behalf of the more than 1,500 members of the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) and the tens of millions of public transit riders, we welcome...
November 3, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, November 3, 2020) NEWARK, N.J. — The widow of a New Jersey Transit train conductor has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the transportation agency claiming her husband died of the coronavirus because his bosses failed to follow established...
