Biden Administration, USDOT Announce Over $233 Million in Grants to Upgrade Intercity Passenger Rail Service
USDOT to Make Another $7.2 Billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding Available this Fall WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Transportation today awarded over $233 million to 11 projects in 8 states to improve and modernize vital intercity passenger rail service. Funded by the Federal-State Partnership for State of Good Repair Program (Partnership Program), these investments will help replace bridges and tunnels along the Northeast Corridor in New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and Co...
Video: Rail Safety
A new video issued jointly by the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) and Operation Lifesaver Inc. (OLI) highlights the importance of highway-rail crossing safety.
Collaborating for Success: Q&A with the Moynihan Phase 2 Quality Team for New York’s New Moynihan Station
A Q&A with Nagesh Goel, President, AEIS; John Carlson, Technical Manager and Project Manager, AEIS; and Dan Gorman, Quality Manager, Skanska Having opened last year, the historic James A. Farley Post Office Building’s redevelopment into the Moynihan Train Hall has created a new 255,000-square-foot station for Long Island Rail Road and Amtrak passengers, representing the busiest rail station in the country. The $1.6 billion project transforms the 100-plus-year-old block-long property into a mo...
Slalom supports Kawasaki's IoT innovation to address the challenge of rail track maintenance in North America
Global consulting firm Slalom is helping Kawasaki develop an advanced rail track monitoring and maintenance solution on the Microsoft Azure platform to make railways safer Tokyo, Japan – Slalom and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Kawasaki) have agreed to jointly develop a rail track maintenance support service that Kawasaki is beginning to deploy in the North American market. Kawasaki released the track remote monitoring service last May and has already begun providing the initial o...
Fluor Joint Venture Completes Union Square Branch of Boston Green Line Extension
Community partners, including the Fluor-led joint venture, mark the opening of the first branch of the Green Line Extension (GLX) Project connecting Cambridge and the City of Somerville with rail service. (Photo: Business Wire) Line Opens to the Public for Ridership IRVING, Texas (March 22, 2022) – Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced that its joint venture team Green Line Extension Constructors, comprised of Fluor, Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, Inc., Herzog Contracting Group...
Pix4D Germany wins a competitive tender for Deutsche Bahn to monitor railway infrastructure maintenance and construction in Germany
Berlin, Germany - Pix4D is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a competitive tender for Deutsche Bahn to provide solutions and services for upcoming railway infrastructure projects through the analysis and visualization of drone images. Pix4D will be using its products PIX4Dcloud, PIX4Dmapper, and PIX4Dmatic for processing and analyzing drone imagery for construction progress monitoring and quality assurance. This is an important building block for the digitalization of Deutsche Bah...
Jacobs Named Prime Designer on MTA's Penn Station Access
Program to bring equitable and resilient transportation options to underserved communities Largest expansion program in Metro-North's history DALLAS, March 8, 2022 -- Jacobs (NYSE:J) was selected by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) as the Prime Designer for Penn Station Access, the largest expansion of Metro-North's regional railroad system in its history. Jacobs will design the expansion and support construction, which will be led by the Halmar International/Railworks Joint V...
HDR Selected to Study Feasibility of New Rail Line in San Juan County, New Mexico
OMAHA, Neb. — San Juan County, New Mexico, has selected HDR to perform a feasibility study for the Four Corners Freight Rail project. The proposed greenfield rail line would connect the Farmington, New Mexico, area to the national freight network via the BNSF line near Gallup, New Mexico, approximately 120 miles south. The new rail line has been discussed for decades as a catalyst for attracting manufacturing industry and spurring business development in the northwest New Mexico region. In 20...
Passenger hand signalling at end of line as Telent installs new request to stop technology
Warwick, U.K. – Passengers at remote rail stations on the Far North Line in Scotland will soon wave goodbye to years of hand-signalling train drivers if they wish to board the train. A new ‘request to stop’ system is being deployed by critical infrastructure firm Telent at Altnabreac, Culrain, Dunrobin Castle, Invershin, Kinbrace, Kildonan, Rogart, and Scotscalder stations. Trains on the line currently operate on a request to stop basis – meaning passengers must hand signal approaching trains...
Philippine National Railways Modernizes Communication System For Improved Work Efficiency
Picture credit: Philippine National Railways MANILA, February 17th, 2022 – Hytera (SZSE: 002583), the global leading provider of professional communications equipment and solutions, announced today that it has completed the construction of a new digital TETRA network for the Philippine National Railways (PNR). The PNR railway system spans 78 kilometers and serves countless passengers daily across 15 train crossings and 17 stations, making it one of the Philippines’ most used public tr...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
