July 20, 2012 | Commuter Rail, DOT, Headlines
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, July 19, 2012) ROCHELLE, Ill. — Nippon Sharyo today opened its first American railcar manufacturing plant. According to the company, the new factory will employ 250 workers by the end of next year and create...
July 12, 2012 | DOT, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, July 12, 2012) PHILADELPHIA — Comparing bullet trains to grand American achievements of the past, President Obama’s transportation chief Ray LaHood said benefits of a high-speed rail network would far outweigh the...
June 22, 2012 | DOT, Headlines
(Source: Department of Transportation press release, June 21, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki today unveiled a new portal on their departments’ websites designed to help military...
June 22, 2012 | DOT, Headlines
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, June 22, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that 47 transportation projects in 34 states and the District of Columbia will receive a total of almost $500 million...
June 21, 2012 | DOT, Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Associated Press, June 20, 2012) MONTPELIER, Vt. — The New England Central Railroad between St. Albans and the Vermont-Quebec border is going to be upgraded with help from a $7.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. Full story: CBS...
June 20, 2012 | Commuter Rail, DOT, Headlines
(Source: Detroit Free Press, June 20, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — As U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood made clear Tuesday, he’s a fan of the proposed Woodward Avenue streetcar line and would love to help fund it, as long as state legislators, local officials...
June 20, 2012 | Commuter Rail, DOT, Headlines
(Source: Press release from the office of Senator Dick Durbin, June 19, 2012) CHICAGO, Ill. — U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Illinois Governor Pat Quinn today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded the State of Illinois a $10.4 million...
June 20, 2012 | Commuter Rail, DOT, Headlines
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, June 20, 2012) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — The Philadelphia area will get $12.8 million in federal funding that was sought to help renovate an aging SEPTA power substation and repair 11 highway and railroad bridges. The grants from the U.S....
June 5, 2012 | Commuter Rail, DOT, Headlines
(Source: Huffington Post, June 5, 2012) DETROIT — Backers of Detroit’s on-again, off-again light rail project who were expecting some good news Monday may have to wait two months longer for a federal verdict on plans for the city’s privately-funded...
May 7, 2012 | Commuter Rail, DOT, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, May 4, 2012) Last week, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood used the occasion of the Next Generation Rail Supply Chain Forum held in Kansas City, Mo., to again call on U.S. manufacturers to submit bids to build the first...
