July 1, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Duluth News Tribune, June 30, 2020) DULUTH — While other states prosper, Minnesota is losing out on tens of millions of railroad dollars as the state Legislature fails to pass funding that would unlock federal money to support projects such as Northern Lights...
July 1, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, June 29, 2020) PHILADELPHIA — Regional Rail’s rush-hour crowds, the entangled webs of people weaving in and out of Philadelphia’s largest businesses and transit hubs, have been missing for months. Donald Hill, general chairman of the...
July 1, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: www.nj.com, June 30, 2020) NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit officials proclaimed the agency “achieved a milestone” toward meeting an end of the year deadline to have a $337 million safety system running that’s required by the federal government. Full story:...
June 29, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, June 26, 2020) NEWARK, N.J. — Possibly the most comprehensive picture of who continued to commute by train and bus during the peak of the coronavirus pandemic emerged from an NJ Transit survey conducted in April. Full story:...
June 26, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, June 25, 2020) New Jersey Transit yesterday announced it will receive $13.3 million in federal Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding to address the financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Full story:...
June 25, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, June 25, 2020) NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit trains and light rail service will return to a regular weekday schedule on July 6 for the first time in three months since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Gov. Phil Murphy made the announcement at...
June 23, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Baristanet, June 22, 2020) NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit has commissioned a study by Rutgers University’s Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT) on the use of ultraviolet-c (UVC) for disinfecting the agency’s bus fleet from viruses such as...
June 23, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, June 22, 2020) NEW YORK — According to a report on Bloomberg.com, New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) will run out of money in August if the U.S. Senate does not approve the economic stimulus measure that would provide about...
June 22, 2020 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: TAP Into, June 21, 2020) SOMERVILLE, N.J. — The U.S. Department of Transportation announced that the Portal North Bridge replacement — a key component of the broader Gateway Project that includes building a new trans-Hudson rail tunnel — has officially...
June 19, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, June 19, 2020) NEWARK, N.J. — As NJ Transit’s Board of Directors added another $37 million to the $300 million plus contact with Parsons Inc. to deliver the troubled Positive Train Control program, officials said they were confident the agency...
