STV Selected to Design New Red Line in Baltimore
BALTIMORE, MD – STV, a leading professional services firm that plans, designs and manages infrastructure projects across North America, today announced it has signed a contract with the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) to provide comprehensive design services for MTA’s Red Line, a new 14-mile light rail transit (LRT) corridor that will significantly enhance east-west connectivity in Baltimore. In tri-venture with Jacobs and WRA as “Transit De...
Seattle Center Selects STV to Manage Monorail Upgrades
SEATTLE, WA – STV, a leading professional services firm that plans, designs and manages infrastructure projects across North America, today announced that the Seattle Center selected the firm to provide program management/construction management (PM/CM) services for procurement, ADA upgrades, safety improvements and architectural enhancements at the Seattle Center Monorail terminal stop for the 74-acre campus. STV will develop General Contractor/Construction Manager (GC/CM) procurement strat...
STV-Naik Joint Venture Supports Comprehensive Modernization of Nation’s Busiest Rail Line
NEW YORK, NY – STV and Naik Consulting Group, PC, today announced they have received a Notice to Proceed to provide Construction Management (CM) services for Amtrak’s East River Tunnel (ERT) Rehabilitation project. The tunnel is part of Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor, the busiest passenger rail line in the U.S. serving riders between Boston and Washington, D.C. This joint venture brings together STV, a leading professional services firm that plans, designs and manages infrastructure projects acr...
IFRA Issues $108M to State DOT Railroad Projects
[Above photo by Wyoming DOT] The Federal Railroad Administration recently awarded more than $108 million to several railroad-related projects overseen by state departments of transportation in Alaska, South Dakota, and Wyoming through its Special Transportation Circumstances or STC grant program. The STC grant program awards funding to states that lack intercity passenger rail service or are not connected to the national rail system and provides directed grant funding as a set-aside f...
Siemens Mobility to establish America’s first high-speed rail production facility in Horseheads, New York
American Pioneer 220, Copyright Brightline West - Site represents an approx. $60 million investment - Nearly 300,000 sq ft. facility will create around 300 jobs - First-of-its-kind true high-speed rail production in North America - Will produce American Pioneer 220 trainsets for Brightline West - Siemens Mobility will partner with International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Brightline West and Sieme...
AREMA/NSBA Present Constructability, Fabrication Guidelines for Steel Railroad Bridges
CHICAGO - There’s a vital new resource available for anyone who designs steel railroad bridges, thanks to a collaboration between the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association and the National Steel Bridge Alliance. The document, “Guidelines for the Design of Steel Railroad Bridges for Constructability and Fabrication,” describes special considerations for railroad bridges in the areas of design, girders, boxes, trusses, floor systems, decks and walkways, bolting, corro...
Sepulveda Transit Corridor Partners Selects Stadler Rail Cars and Siemens Mobility Rail Signaling Technology for Proposed Fast, Green Line Connecting Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley & Westside
LOS ANGELES - Sepulveda Transit Corridor Partners (STCP) has announced that it has selected two key partners to provide essential infrastructure components for its transit development options to ease congestion through the I-405/Sepulveda corridor between Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley and Westside. Stadler, a world-class passenger rail vehicle manufacturer, has been selected to design and build the state of- the-art rail cars in STCP’s proposal. Siemens Mobility, a worldwide expert in intelli...
Unleashing additional digitally enabled rail capacity
- Siemens Mobility’s digital ecosystem approach, allowing data from different sources to be integrated via APIs, leads to more capacity and energy reduction - Innovation within train procurement: Mireo Smart and Smart Train Lease - Presenting the high-speed train Velaro for Egypt - Siemens Mobility is showcasing its innovations and solutions in hub27 at booth 230 and in the outdoor exhibition area Siemens Xcelerator’s unveiling at InnoTrans 2022 signaled the advent of a truly open...
Video: Nevada DOT Brightline West Ground Breaking
The Nevada Department of Transportation released a video of the ground breaking ceremony for the 218-mile-long Brightline West high speed rail project that will operate between Las Vegas and Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
Trinity Metro hosts grand-opening event for new train station
(FORT WORTH, TEXAS) – A crowd of transit enthusiasts gathered to celebrate the grand opening of Trinity Lakes Station in east Fort Worth. The station is one of 10 stops for Trinity Railway Express (TRE), the commuter rail line offering service between Fort Worth and Dallas. Trinity Metro was joined by representatives of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Tarrant County Commissioners Court, Fort Worth City Council and other leaders and stakeholders across North Texas. The celebration in...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
