NEW YORK — Light rail, express buses, ferry service, and subway extensions are among the new public-transit options to connect Manhattan and LaGuardia Airport released Wednesday by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The website amNY.com reports a total of 14 options are offered as alternatives to the controversial AirTrain project that […]
OTTAWA — The consortium that built and operates Ottawa’s problem-plagued light rail Confederation Line has claimed the city launched the service before it was ready and without consulting with the builders, according to a court document filed in a dispute between the city and contractor. The CBC reports Rideau Transit Group CEO Nicolas Truchon makes […]
Chicago & Eastern Illinois 4-6-2 No. 1016 dashes through the South Side of Chicago with the outbound Dixie Express in 1946. R. R. Malinoski photo […]
DEL MAR, Calif. — The City of Del Mar’s opposition to safety fencing along the rail line traversing the Del Mar Bluffs is likely to result in a larger fence than might otherwise have been the case. The San Diego Reader reports that on Monday, Feb. 28 — the deadline for the city to reach […]
WASHINGTON — The Surface Transportation Board has granted CSX Transportation’s request to delay the hearing on Amtrak Gulf Coast service, which was unopposed by Amtrak and the other parties to the case. The evidentiary hearing, which had been scheduled to begin March 9, will now be held April 4-5, with April 6 and April 8 […]
WASHINGTON — A coalition of Chicago suburbs says it would cost between $5.5 billion and $9.5 billion to mitigate the impact of the Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger on their communities. That’s more than the entire price tag of the CREATE program, which aims to spend $4.6 billion on 70 rail improvement projects across the […]
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. — South Shore Line commuter train No. 106, the 5:45 a.m. departure from Carroll Avenue station in Michigan City, Ind., makes its way down 11th Street at Franklin Street on Monday morning, Feb. 28, 2022, en route to a scheduled 7:13 a.m. arrival at Chicago’s Millennium Station. The train was the last […]
SEATTLE — Sound Transit will restore two round trips on its Sounder South commuter rail line as part of a series of transit changes set for March. Returning after being suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic are trains 1501, a 6:05 a.m. departure from Seattle; 1514, a 7:20 a.m. departure from Tacoma; 1509, a 3:15 […]
PHILADELPHIA — Prosecutors said Amtrak engineer Brandon Bostian was “grossly negligent” in the fatal 2015 derailment of a Northeast Regional train during Friday’s opening arguments in the trial in Common Pleas Court. WTXT-TV reports the long-delayed trial of the 38-year-old Bostian, at the controls for the May 12, 2015, accident that killed eight, saw the […]
BURBANK, Calif. — Hollywood Burbank Airport has filed suit against California’s high speed rail agency, arguing that the planned route and nearby underground station could affect airport operations. The suit comes as the California High Speed Rail Authority released the final environmental impact studies for the Northern California segment connecting San Jose and Merced. The […]
NEW ORLEANS — A former Amtrak employee has pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud in connection with actions when she was working as an on-board service attendant. Kenya Butler-Small will be sentenced on June 15, 2022 for the charges, which carry maximum penalties of 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release, […]
SEATTLE — Sound Transit has named Brooke Belman, the agency’s current chief of staff, to serve as acting CEO as of May 31. Belman will succeed Peter Rogoff, who will depart on that date, until a new permanent CEO is selected. Belman joined Sound Transit in 20024 and has served in roles including Deputy Executive […]
