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Caltrain Completes Testing of Three Electric Trains

David C. Lester
January 18, 2024
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SAN FRANCISCO –– Caltrain is one step closer to introducing electric service on a portion of its line with having finished the testing of three of the new electric trains.
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NTSB Chair Blasts WMATA, Citing ‘Poor Safety Culture’

David C. Lester
January 18, 2024
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WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Earlier this month, the Chair of the National Transportation Board, Jennifer Homendy, held a press conference announcing the findings of the agency’s investigation into a train derailment that occurred in October 2021.
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Duos Technologies Group, Inc. Enters 3 Year Agreement to Implement AI-Based Defect Detection Models

Jennifer McLawhorn
January 18, 2024
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JACKSONVILLE, Fl. – Duos Technologies Group Inc enters into a multi-year agreement with a Class I railroad to implement advanced AI-Based Defect Detection models.
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Construction on New Brattleboro Amtrak Station Begins in March

Jennifer McLawhorn
January 17, 2024
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BRATTLEBORO, Vt. – Enfield Enterprises, LLC will begin work on a new Amtrak train station in Brattleboro.
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WATCH: Six-week MAX disruption begins Sunday as TriMet takes leap toward completing major Better Red milestone

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January 17, 2024
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Portland, Ore.––Construction on TriMet’s A Better Red MAX Extension and Reliability Improvements Project will close the Gateway Transit Center to MAX trains for six weeks starting Sunday, Jan. 14. With the MAX Blue, Green and Red lines impacted, shuttl…

PUCO Approves 27 Rail Crossing Upgrades

Jennifer McLawhorn
January 17, 2024
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – In Ohio, 27 rail crossings will receive upgrades in the form of LED lights and gates.
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MTA Announces Scarsdale Station Becomes Second Metro-North Station to Be Made Fully Accessible This Year

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January 17, 2024
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NEW YORK ––The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced that the Scarsdale Metro-North Station has been made fully accessible with the opening of a second elevator, in an enclosed tower, that serves the Grand Central-bound platform. As par…

Southwest Light Rail Transit Project Revised Budget

Jennifer McLawhorn
January 13, 2024
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The revised budget for the Southwest Light Rail Transit Project is now $2.86 billion.
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Metrolinx Taps Hatch to Design East Harbour Transit Hub

Carolina Worrell
January 12, 2024
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TORONTO – Hatch on Jan. 8 announced that it has entered into an Alliance Development Agreement (ADA) for the East Harbour Transit Hub.
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Supply Side: Stantec/Morrison Hershfield, Egis

Marybeth Luczak
January 11, 2024
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CANADA, U.S. and FRANCE – Stantec will acquire Morrison Hershfield, a Markham, Ontario-based engineering and management firm. Also, McIntosh Perry, a consulting engineering company in Toronto, Ontario, and Beam Longest & Neff, LLC (BLN), an infras…