Articles Tagged with ''rail construction''

MBTA Notebook: T Searches for New GM, Bids For Long-Stalled Green Line Extension To Go Out This Spring

February 17, 2017

In an address before the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R) announced the state is seeking a new general manager for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation who can lead capital projects such as the Green Line Extension.

Rail Infrastructure

A New Era of Transit

Buoyed by socioeconomic trends and political will, transit projects are hatching across the U.S.

Aileen Cho

February 8, 2017

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Election Day 2016 marked a new era of hope for the U.S. mass-transportation construction sector—and it went beyond presidential promises.

Feds Finalize $500M Grant for Texas Airport Rail

December 20, 2016

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Federal Transit Administration funding will push 27-mile commuter-rail line between Fort Worth and Dallas-FW Airport.

Transportation

FRA: Railroads Show Small Gains in Installing Train-Control Systems

Tom Ichniowski

November 29, 2016

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Freight carriers have PTC on 12% of their miles as of Sept 30, up from 9% in June; passenger lines edge up to 23%, from 22%

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Infusion of Funds Brings Some Stability to Sector

Passage of $305-billion transportation bill kick-starts projects

Jim Parsons

September 29, 2016

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Though it may be another year before the full effects of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act are felt nationwide, the $305-billion funding measure enacted in December 2015 already has provided many of the sector’s contractors with something they have not experienced in quite a while: a sense of stability.

Chinese Firms Will Build Nigerian Transit Line

Shem Oirere

September 19, 2016

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China Railway Construction Corp. will procure and build a $1.8-billion, four-line rail system.

Best Rail - Birmingham Gateway Project (BGP)

September 15, 2016

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After a £750-million surgical transformation, Birmingham, England’s notoriously dismal 1960s-era railway station has been reborn.

Projects

New Zealand's Biggest City Builds Out Transport System

During deep foundation work, real-time monitors measure building movement

Chris Webb

September 1, 2016

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Auckland’s $1.8-billion City Rail Link (CRL) is under construction in New Zealand’s most populous metropolis, bringing an end to uncertainty that had frustrated plans to connect vital transport routes to the central business district.

Transportation

DC Metro's Safety Surge Report Card

Jim Parsons

July 20, 2016

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Early results are in on efforts to fast track rail system's voluminous maintenance needs.

MIT Makes Hyperloop Pod; Startup Does Propulsion Test

Luke Abaffy

May 18, 2016

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The first public demonstration of “the hyperloop,” a new propulsion system for high-speed transit, occurred on May 11 in the desert north of Las Vegas. Days later, a team of researchers unveiled a hyperloop test pod.

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Articles Tagged with ''rail construction''

MBTA Notebook: T Searches for New GM, Bids For Long-Stalled Green Line Extension To Go Out This Spring

A New Era of Transit

Feds Finalize $500M Grant for Texas Airport Rail

FRA: Railroads Show Small Gains in Installing Train-Control Systems

Infusion of Funds Brings Some Stability to Sector

Chinese Firms Will Build Nigerian Transit Line

Best Rail - Birmingham Gateway Project (BGP)

New Zealand's Biggest City Builds Out Transport System

DC Metro's Safety Surge Report Card

MIT Makes Hyperloop Pod; Startup Does Propulsion Test

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