Passenger Rail White House Awards $16.4B for 25 Northeast Corridor Projects Tom Ichniowski November 6, 2023 No Comments Baltimore's 150-year-old rail tunnel gets the largest grant, $4.7 billion, to alleviate a major rail line bottleneck.Read More
Passenger Rail Amtrak Details Ambitious Plans to Triple Capital Spending in Next Two Years Scott Blair September 19, 2023 No Comments Major programs include $1B Sawtooth Bridges Replacement in New Jersey, needed to support Gateway mega-program to add rail tunnels under the Hudson River. Read More
Government Funding At 18 Months, White House Touts Infrastructure Measure Rollout Tom Ichniowski May 12, 2023 No Comments Inflation pressures continue to be an issue for projects funded under the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.Read More
Rail Infrastructure Competition Opens for $2.3B in Passenger Rail Infrastructure Grants Most of the Federal Railroad Administration funds come from federal infrastructure law Tom Ichniowski December 10, 2022 No Comments A separate program, coming later, will apply to Northeast Corridor projects.Read More
Regional Rail Amtrak Unveils Plan to Connect Phoenix and Tucson Aileen Cho July 28, 2021 2 Comments The estimated $925-million capital investment plan awaits a potential federal infrastructure bill.Read More
2020 Election Biden Transportation Adviser Outlines Possible Plans for Highways, Transit, Rail Tom Ichniowski November 12, 2020 One Comment John Porcari says president-elect's plan seeks quick-starting short-term projects, as well as "transformative" long-term onesRead More
Rail Construction US DOT Awards $291M for Passenger-Rail Infrastructure Projects Tom Ichniowski October 28, 2020 2 Comments Two major Connecticut bridge replacements win nearly half of the total awarded.Read More
Transportation Infrastructure House Democrats Unveil $494-Billion Surface Transportation Bill Tom Ichniowski June 3, 2020 No Comments Proposal unveiled by DeFazio is silent on how to pay for the $138-billion trust-fund infusion needed to fully fund it.Read More
Colorado DOT Turns to Rail June 5, 2019 No Comments The Colorado Dept. of Transportation, known primarily as a highway and bridge builder, wants to get into the rail business.Read More
Baltimore Tackles Two Troublesome Time Tunnels Jim Parsons April 26, 2016 No Comments The rail infrastructure that helped fuel Baltimore's evolution into an East Coast port and industrial hub are not keeping up with the times.Read More