Issue / Commuter Rail
House Passes Bipartisan Amtrak Reform Bill
Sep 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisMarch 5, 2015 Earlier today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 749, the bipartisan passenger rail reform bill, by a wide 316...
Lessons Learned From the Utah Transit Authority System Expansion
Sep 09, 2015The paper, Lessons Learned From the Utah Transit Authority (UTA) System Expansion, details UTA’s journey from a single-mode mass...
Highlights of Mass Transit Policy Changes in the DRIVE Act
Sep 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisJuly 22, 2015 Division B of the new McConnell substitute amendment for the DRIVE Act contains previously unseen provisions...
Senate Rail Hearing Focuses On Pushing Back PTC Deadline
Sep 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisJanuary 28, 2015 Earlier today, the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee held a hearing on freight rail...
New FRA Report Details PTC Implementation Woes
Sep 08, 2015 | Jeff DavisAugust 12, 2015 Last Friday afternoon, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) submitted a report to Congress detailing the...
Virginia’s Commitment to Transit Funding Creates a Wealth of New Projects Benefiting the Commonwealth
Apr 19, 2015 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONVirginia has a long history of commitment to mass transit. The Washington, D.C. region's Metro system, the result of a 1967 interstate...
California: Helping Themselves to a Brighter Future
Mar 24, 2014 | Carter TempletonBY KYLE MOTYCKA Business Development and Proposal Manager - Rail Veolia Transportation Maintenance & Infrastructure,...
Completing Projects With Less Funding: Sound Transit’s Success Story
Jan 20, 2014 | Carter TempletonBY JONI EARL Chief Executive Officer Sound Transit Many transit agencies were hit hard by the recession; what added dimension to...
2013 Transportation Weekly Archive Index
Dec 31, 2013 | Jeff Davis2013 Transportation Weekly Archive Index January 2013 January 16, 2013 issue January 21, 2013 update ...
Three Steps to Improving Intercity Transportation in the Amtrak Reauthorization
Nov 26, 2013 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONWith the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA) heading to conference, the legislative action on infrastructure and...
Let’s Turn Over Commuter Trains to Nonprofit Organizations
Jun 26, 2013 | Carter TempletonBY ROHIT T. AGGARWALA Eno Board of Advisors, Special Advisor, Bloomber Philanthropy United States public transit faces a paradox:...
The Future of the Northeast Corridor
Jun 26, 2013 | Carter TempletonBY RICHARD J. LORBON Chief, NEC Infrastructure and Investment Development, Amtrak The National Passenger Railroad Corporation...