Latest Transportation News
Biden administration announces $1.4 billion to improve rail safety and boost capacity in 35 states
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration announced Monday that it has awarded more than $1.4 billion to projects that improve railway safety and boost capacity, with roughly $1 billion of the money coming from the 2021 infrastructure law. “These projects will make American rail...
High-speed trains begin making trip between Orlando and Miami
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A privately owned high-speed passenger train service launched Friday between Florida's two biggest tourist hubs. The Brightline train is a $5 billion bet by owner Fortress Investment Group that eventually 8 million people annually will take the 3.5-hour,...
First private US passenger rail line in 100 years is about to link Miami and Orlando at high speed
MIAMI (AP) — The first big test of whether privately owned high-speed passenger train service can prosper in the United States will launch Friday when Florida's Brightline begins running trains between Miami and Orlando, reaching speeds of 125 mph (200 kph). It's a $5 billion bet...
Wave of migrants that halted trains in Mexico started with migrant smuggling industry in Darien Gap
HUEHUETOCA, Mexico (AP) — Thousands of migrants riding atop railway cars in Mexico this week or waiting in mile-long lines by the tracks to hitch a ride to the U.S. have triggered the closure of one U.S. border crossing and forced Mexico’s largest railroad to suspend dozens of freight trains. ...
Editorial Roundup: Georgia
Valdosta Daily Times. September 15, 2023. Editorial: Prevent train track tragedy Railroads run through our town and our history can be traced to the emergence of rail. While we become so accustomed to the whistle of the train that we no longer hear it,...
Mexican railway operator halts trains because so many migrants are climbing aboard and getting hurt
HUEHUETOCA, Mexico (AP) — A Mexican railway operator announced Tuesday it is temporarily suspending train runs in the northern part of the country because so many migrants are climbing aboard freight cars and getting hurt in the process. Ferromex said it has temporarily ordered a...
Explosion in Union Pacific's massive railyard in Nebraska appears accidental, investigators say
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Investigators say the blast that prompted evacuations near Union Pacific's massive railyard in western Nebraska last week appears to be accidental, but it's not yet clear what caused it. The Nebraska State Fire Marshal's office is working with the railroad and...
Low Mississippi River limits barges just as farmers want to move their crops downriver
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A long stretch of hot, dry weather has left the Mississippi River so low that barge companies are reducing their loads just as Midwest farmers are preparing to harvest crops and send tons of corn and soybeans downriver to the Gulf of Mexico. The transport...
A railroad worker died after a remote-control train pinned him between cars. Unions have concerns
A railroad worker died over the weekend after he was pinned between two railcars by a remote-controlled train in a CSX railyard in Ohio, raising concerns among unions about such technology. The death highlights the need for an in-depth review of the use of remote-controlled...
A suburban Georgia county could seek tax increase for buses, but won't join Atlanta transit system
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Officials in Georgia's second-largest county could ask voters in 2024 to approve a tax increase for transit, but won't seek to join the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. Gwinnett County officials tell The Atlanta Journal-Constitution they're...
