January 10, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: CBS New York, January 8, 2020) NEW YORK — A state report is claiming the Long Island Rail Road has been misleading its riders. The audit found “deficiencies and inconsistencies” in how the railroad measures its ridership and train breakdowns. Full story: CBS...
January 9, 2020 | Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Florida Bulldog, January 9, 2020) TAMPA, Fla. — The owners of Brightline, the nation’s only privately funded and operated train, have been on notice for years that they weren’t doing enough to prevent fatalities on their tracks. Now, in just its third year of...
January 8, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Editorial published at www.nj.com, January 6, 2020) NEWARK, N.J. — Whenever lawmakers try to make sense of our state’s longest-running tragicomedy, New Jersey Transit, the first person they usually summon is a former divorce attorney from Scotch Plains who...
January 8, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, January 7, 2020) NEWARK, N.J. — The pain of waiting for trains in the crowded “pit” in Penn Station New York during rush hour is a step closer to some relief. Full story: www.nj.com
January 7, 2020 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, January 6, 2020) NEW YORK — The country’s busiest train station would get new tracks, expanded terminals and better access for commuters under a plan announced Monday by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Full story: The Daily...
January 6, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Daytona Beach News-Journal, January 3, 2020) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — As Michael Cegelis speaks at a recent Central Florida Transportation Planning Group meeting, the crowd inside the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority boardroom quietly listens. Full story:...
December 30, 2019 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: The Advocate, December 27, 2019) BATON ROUGE, La. — It’s been more than 50 years since the last train brought passengers into and out of Baton Rouge. A long-envisioned passenger rail line that would provide a new link to New Orleans is still in the early...
December 30, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, December 28, 2019) NEWARK, N.J. — This was the year commuters were supposed to see their NJ Transit train and bus ride get better. Gov. Phil Murphy said so, as early as December 2018. Full story: www.nj.com
December 23, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, UP
(Source: Chicago Daily Herald, December 20, 2019) CHICAGO — Will 2020 be the year Metra begins operating three Union Pacific Railroad commuter routes in its own right? Freight railroad Union Pacific currently runs commuter trains between the city and suburbs as part...
December 20, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Seattle Times, December 19, 2019) SEATTLE — As for car-tab taxes, Sound Transit continues to collect $110 per $10,000 of vehicle value, since the voter-approved Sound Transit 3 tax measure in 2016. Thousands of drivers, seeing annual car-tab fees triple,...
