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APTA Releases Ridership Trends Report

Marybeth Luczak
April 11, 2024
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FROM OUR COLLEAGUES AT RAILWAY AGE:
WASHINGTON ––After falling to 20% of pre-pandemic levels in April 2020, public transit has recovered to 79% of pre-pandemic levels as of March 2024, according to the American Public Transportation Association’s (…

Brightline West Selects Atlas Technical Consultants for Geotechnical Engineering

Jennifer McLawhorn
April 11, 2024
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AUSTIN, Texas – For the high-speed rail project scheduled to open in 2028, Brightline West chose Atlas Technical Consultants to handle the engineering and design.
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South Coast Rail Construction Almost Complete

Jennifer McLawhorn
April 10, 2024
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TAUNTON, Mass. – Construction on the South Coast Rail project between Boston and Southeastern Massachusetts is nearing completion. Once that occurs, safety testing can begin.
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Update to Brightline West Field Investigation Work

Jennifer McLawhorn
April 10, 2024
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LAS VEGAS – Brightline West gives an update on the field investigation work taking place in Southern California and Nevada for the proposed rail corridor.
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SEPTA Welcomes Passengers to New Drexel Station at 30th Street

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April 10, 2024
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PHILADELPHIA –– SEPTA joined Drexel University and local, state and federal officials this week for a ribbon cutting to celebrate the newly reconstructed and renamed Drexel Station at 30th Street.
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SFMTA Train Traffic Control System Runs on Floppy Disks

David C. Lester
April 9, 2024
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SAN FRANCISCO –– The San Francisco Metropolitan Transportation Agency’s train control system today uses a system that relies on 5 1/2-inch floppy disks –– the ones that are really floppy.
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MTA Renovates 2 More Stations Under Re-NEW-vation Program

Jennifer McLawhorn
April 9, 2024
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NEW YORK CITY – Under the Re-NEW-vation program, the MTA upgraded, cleaned, and inspected the Sutphin Boulevard-Archer Av-JFK Airport and Jamaica-Van Wyck stations in Queens.
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Pat Porzillo to Serve as HDR’s Transit Engineering Director

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April 9, 2024
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WASHINGTON ––HDR’s Pat Porzillo, P.E., was recently promoted to be the firm’s transit engineering director.
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PANY/NJ Launches $430MM ‘PATH Forward’ Program

Marybeth Luczak
April 9, 2024
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NEWARK – The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANY/NJ) on April 5 reported kicking off a two-year, $430 million program to upgrade stations, tracks, bridges and railcars at PATH (Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corp.), the fifth-busiest rapid tra…

WATCH: SMART Gauntlet Track Construction for Petaluma North Station

Jennifer McLawhorn
April 9, 2024
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PETALUMA, Calif. – From April 13th to 14th, SMART will have a partial system closure to install a gauntlet track for a new Petaluma North station.
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