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Jan 3, 2025 · Transportation Today is a publication of Macallan Communications. It is your daily source of news about the latest regulations and innovations that drive the transportation industry across its diverse network.
Weekly rail traffic up 5.1 percent, report finds
2 days ago · Rail traffic was up to 389,700 carloads, an increase of more than 5 percent compared to last year, according to a weekly traffic report from the Association of American Railroads. The report showed that total carloads for the week ending Dec. 28 were 184,028, up 1.1 percent compared to the same week ...
California breaks ground on Construction Package 4 railhead
1 day ago · The California High Speed Rail Authority recently broke ground on the railhead outside Bakersfield, a segment called Construction Package 4, with a symbolic railroad spike. The railhead will be a freight yard that receives materials for upcoming track-laying work. Workers first will preform subgrade ...
Rail - Transportation Today
Jan 3, 2025 · Freight and rail operations leader Wabtec Corporation acquired Bloom Engineering, the companies announced Monday. Wabtec, a leader in the decarbonization of freight rail, said it would be incorpor...
Transportation Department penalizes JetBlue $2M for chronically …
3 days ago · The U.S. Department of Transportation recently penalized JetBlue $2 million for operating multiple chronically delayed flights. Half the penalty must be paid to the U.S. Treasury while the other half must be used to compensate passengers that either were affected by a chronically delayed flight in the past or will experience a delay of three hours or more, or a flight cancellation, within the ...
USDOT fines Lufthansa, Swiss for flying in prohibited airspace
Jan 2, 2025 · The U.S. Department of Transportation recently fined Deutsche Lufthansa AG and Swiss International Air Lines AG $200,000 each for operating flights carrying United Airlines’ designator code in airspace prohibited to U.S. operators. The airlines also were ordered to cease and desist. The fines ...
Bill introduced to protect Amtrak Passengers’ rights
Dec 31, 2024 · To help rail passengers in the event something goes wrong, U.S. Reps Brendan Boyle and Chris Deluzio (both D-PA) introduced legislation recently to end forced arbitration for Amtrak passengers. The Ending Passenger Rail Forced Arbitration Act aims to protect the ability and rights of Amtrak riders ...
New York congestion pricing program largely upheld in federal court
Jan 2, 2025 · New York’s controversial congestion pricing program seems to be able to move forward toward it slated Jan. 5 implementation date after a federal judge in New Jersey ruled in the Metropolitan Transit Authority’s (MTA) favor. But officials in New Jersey say the judge’s ruling calls for further ...
MBTA announces completion of Track Improvement Program
Dec 30, 2024 · Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey joined state and local officials to celebrate the completion of the Massachusetts Bay Transit Program’s Track Improvement Program and the removal of slow zones for the first time in two decades. MBTA has removed more than 220 speed restrictions since 2023, and ...
Bicameral amicus brief criticizing FHWA’s emissions rule filed
Oct 10, 2024 · On Tuesday, U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and nearly 30 other Congress members filed a bicameral amicus brief regarding a rule from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administrations emissions rule.