Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) needs to fill a $700-million funding gap to secure the grant for the 6-mile BART extension.

The BART Silicon Valley Phase II Extension Project would add four stations along 6 miles.

Project's Phase 2 would extend the line 1.8 miles into Manhattan/s East Harlem section.

New York's transit agency, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, is committing billions to building elevators in subways.

Second Avenue expansion in Manhattan would go out to bid for first two construction contracts this year, said MTA.

Rutgers Tube, which carries the F subway line under the East River between Manhattan’s East Broadway station and the York Street station in Brooklyn, was the last Metropolitan Transportation Agency under-river crossing to be rehabilitated after Superstorm Sandy hit the New York City area in 2012.

After a successful trial of a railcar-mounted robot to drill holes for tunnel cable racks, the MTA is putting together an open bidding process for vendors to further develop a robot drill rig for use in New York City’s subway tunnels.

Acciona-Ghella holds a design-build-finance contract for the subway extension.

Academicians suggested ideas that eliminated the need for planned long shutdown of key L Train line.

$2.8-billion Purple Line first phase scheduled for 2023 completion.