Siemens Mobility donates to food banks NEWSWIRE

Monday afternoon rail news:

— Siemens Mobility is making donations totaling $150,000 to food banks in 10 U.S. cities to support those in need during the coronavirus pandemic. “We have all been impacted by the pandemic and each community is working to manage through its challenges,” Marc Buncher, CEO of Siemens Mobility in North America, said in a press release. “Now, more than ever, we need to unite and support our neighbors. For Siemens Mobility, this means supporting the local communities that we callhome.” Siemens, which manufactures locomotives, passenger cars, and light rail vehicles in Sacramento, Calif., provides equipment for more than 30 cities and transit agencies. It is making donations in Sacramento; Newark, Del.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Atlanta; Louisville, Ky.; Marion, Ky.; New York; Portland, Ore.; Pittsburgh, and Austin, Texas. Additionally, the Siemens foundation is providing $1.5 million to community health centers for COVID-19 response efforts.

— Mara Stark-Alcala has joined the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association in the new position of Assistant Vice President, Congressional Affairs, bolstering the organization’s in-house legislative team. She has worked for the American Public Transportation Association, U.S. Senate committees on appropriations and environment and public works, and for Chambers, Conlon & Hartwell, where she was hired by Chuck Baker, now ALSRRA president.

— As part of changes to several bus routes, the Denton County (Texas) Transportation Authority is making bus connections to its A-Train commuter rail service on-demand only as of Monday, May. Connections to the Downtown Denton Transit Center and Lewisville’s Hebron station will be available via the DCTA’s On-Demand mobile app available at the Apple and Google Play stores. More information is available here.