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Archive for the ‘Rail’ Category

Michigan DOT: Wayne Railroad Diamond Replacement

Wednesday, August 29th, 2018

Starting the night of August 14 through August 15, crews from Amtrak and CSX Transportation rebuilt four railroad diamond crossings at Wayne Junction near Wayne, Michigan. Jointly owned by the Michigan Department of Transportation and CSX, this important crossing is utilized by Amtrak trains traveling between Chicago, Detroit, and Pontiac, as well as by CSX and Norfolk Southern freight trains. Project costs were covered 75 percent by CSX and 25 percent by MDOT.

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U.S. News Spotlights Transportation Infrastructure

Wednesday, July 25th, 2018

A series of articles and infographics from journalists at U.S. News zoom in on a few of the major issues surrounding transportation in the United States. Their landing page, The State of Transportation in the U.S., offers a starting point to explore the myriad content currently on offer.

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Hyperloop Explained

Monday, July 16th, 2018

Hyperloop represents the greatest leap in transport infrastructure for generations. Here we explain the concept that’s about to revolutionise our world.

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North Carolina Department of Transportation: NCDOT Now

Wednesday, July 11th, 2018

On this week’s NCDOT Now, Transportation Secretary Jim Trogdon announced that NCDOT and CSX reached an agreement to build a new facility near Rocky Mount. Also, the Division of Motor Vehicles hosted the School Bus Rodeo as part of their driver training school. Finally nearly 489,000 lbs of trash were picked up from North Carolin’s roadways during the spring litter sweep.

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Tools for a Smoother Ride: Managing Rail Assets and Leveraging Competition

Monday, June 4th, 2018

Public transit maintenance is not often headline news. Yet with high profile closures and disruptions to rail systems in major metropolitan areas like New York, Baltimore, and Washington, the condition of this infrastructure is very much in the public eye. These systems all need major track maintenance overhauls, but the real overhaul needs to be in how agencies conduct their asset management and maintenance programs.

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Guest on The Infra Blog: Jim Mathews, President and CEO, National Association of Railroad Passengers (NARP)

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2017
Jim Mathews - President and CEO, NARP

Jim Mathews is President and CEO of NARP. Before joining NARP, Mathews was Executive Editor of the Aviation Week Intelligence Network. During his 26-year tenure at Aviation Week, he cultivated the company’s digital strategy and led teams that twice won national awards for best news website. Mathews served on the Amtrak Customer Advisory Committee for six […]

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Why Are Historic Train Stations Making a Comeback?

Thursday, November 16th, 2017

In Denver and cities across the United States, historic train stations are getting a new lease on life. Many are anchoring downtown redevelopment projects as well.

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Freight Rail is a Driver of Innovation

Monday, November 6th, 2017

Even in a nation’s capital typically behind the curve on technological matters, autonomy and self-driving automobiles continue to grab headlines. Case in point: The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation passed a bill unanimously in October crafted to expedite the testing and deployment of partly and fully autonomous vehicles. While the bill must still pass the full Senate, a similar bill in the U.S. House of Representatives has already passed. Both measures have the same goals in mind – adjust traditional car standards to allow greater room for innovation and technological advancement by carmakers and give the federal government the ultimate authority on related governance.

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Dismantling a National Transportation Network

Thursday, October 19th, 2017
Dismantling Amtrak

Despite Congress’ rejection of deep cuts, the Trump Administration has resurrected the idea of dismantling Amtrak’s national network of passenger rail service routes. This discussion of eliminating “unprofitable” Amtrak routes is occurring while the nation’s transportation infrastructure is deteriorating and the nation is struggling to reach a consensus on how to address a decades-long pattern of underinvestment in our infrastructure.

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Rail and the California Economy

Friday, September 1st, 2017
Rail and the California Economy

A broad investment in all types of transport has been critical to California’s economic success, and rail is a fundamental component of the transportation system. Rail has helped define California’s history, with westward expansion creating communities and allowing for growth in agriculture, and other early drivers of the state’s economy. With the coming high-speed rail system and record traffic in containerized freight, it is also helping to define the state’s future.

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