Category: News

Schumer: use Sandy relief funds to fix NYC rail tunnels

August 31, 2015 Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is urging the federal government to use $550 million worth of leftover Hurricane Sandy relief money to fix Amtrak and commuter rail tunnels in New York City that were damaged during the storm. Problems with rail tunnels in the New York City area [...]

Tags Amtrak, Hurricane Sandy, NEC

Charlotte streetcar ridership higher than expected

August 28, 2015 Average weekday ridership along the Charlotte Area Transit System’s (CATS) new streetcar line came in at 1,507 passengers, which was 67 percent higher than expected for the first two weeks of operations, agency officials announced Tuesday. Known as the CityLYNX Gold Lin [...]

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Foxx announces grants to promote transit jobs

August 27, 2015 LOS ANGELES – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced $9.5 million in grants to 19 projects in 13 states selected to help train a new generation of skilled workers and support long-term careers in the public transportation industry. The announcement was mad [...]

Tags Anthony Foxx, Federal Transit Administration, FTA, Grow America Act, Secretary Foxx

Amtrak worker dies after accident

August 26, 2015 Amtrak says a worker has died after an accident at a maintenance facility in Beech Grove, Indiana Saturday morning, August 22. The Beech Grove Fire Department responded to a call of a burned person at the facility in the 200 block of Garstang Street just after 11:30 a.m. Fir [...]

Tags accident, Amtrak, fatality

Transportation Division sets 2016 regional meetings

August 25, 2015

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Tags 2016 regional meetings, Chicago, San Francisco

Working safely with Diabetes

August 25, 2015 Diabetes has been called an epidemic in America. A 2014 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 29.1 million people in the United States – almost 10 percent of the population – have the disorder. Of those, 8.1 million are undiagnosed. The sev [...]

Tags Diabetes, worker safety

NJT receives $71.4 million in emergency relief funding

August 24, 2015 The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) will award New Jersey Transit more than $71.4 million in Hurricane Sandy recovery funds for various repair and resiliency projects. These projects include recovery and resiliency work currently underway, such as the elevation of key s [...]

Tags emergency relief funds, FTA, NJ Transit, NJT

OSHA explains process of whistleblower resolution

August 20, 2015 WASHINGTON – The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today issued policies and procedures* for applying a new process for resolving whistleblower disputes. The new process is an early resolution process that is to be used as part of a regional Alternative Disp [...]

Tags Administrative Dispute Resolution Act, ADR, Alternative Dispute Resolution, OSHA, whistleblower

Major route changes coming to Big Blue Bus

August 20, 2015 SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Big Blue Bus (BBB) is preparing to meet the train, embarking upon major service and stop changes over the next twelve months as part of the Evolution of Blue campaign. The first phase of the Evolution of Blue plan to integrate BBB’s service with the Exp [...]

Tags Big Blue Bus, route changes

SEPTA immersed in planning for papal visit

August 18, 2015 Ever since November 2014, when Catholic Church officials confirmed Pope Francis will visit Philadelphia over two days this September, there’s been an all-hands-on-deck mindset at the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA). Philadelphia officials esti [...]

Tags Pope Francis, pope visit, SEPTA