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Funding an NYC Bus Terminal and Hudson Tunnel Got a Bit Easier

Edit Bloomberg 08 Apr 2016
After spending 14 years rebuilding the World Trade Center following the Sept ... There’s no appetite to raise them higher ... Failure to build the tunnel has “catastrophic potential,” not only for the hundreds of thousands that commute to New York City from New Jersey but also for Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor, Port Authority Chairman John Degnan, a Christie appointee, said March 22 at a Bloomberg transportation conference in New York City ... ....

Gordon & Weinberg Port Authority Reform Bill Providing Legislative Oversight of Bistate Agency Goes to Governor (NJ Senate Democrats)

Edit Public Technologies 07 Apr 2016
(Source. NJ Senate Democrats) For Release. ImmediateThursday, April 7, 2016Contact. Press Office, 609-847-3700 ... 'The Port Authority is not only going to be responsible for building a new Port Authority Bus Terminal, but also is being entrusted with the lead role in coordinating the construction of the new Gateway Rail Tunnel and expansion of the Northeast Corridor,' said Senator Gordon (D-Bergen/Passaic) ... Original Document ... (noodl....

Revised B&P; Tunnel replacement plan on table ahead of open house

Edit Baltimore Sun 06 Apr 2016
Federal, state and local transportation officials are expected to scrap two options and focus on a third today for replacing an aging railroad tunnel under West Baltimore that is considered a major choke point on Amtrak's busy Northeast Corridor. The revised plan would lower the impact of the $4... ....

Amtrak crash raises questions on effectiveness of safety mechanisms

Edit The Guardian 06 Apr 2016
Thirty-seven people on the train suffered injuries, most minor, according to local reports ... And just before Christmas, Amtrak completed activation of its PTC system on all the parts of the Northeast Corridor it owned ... Sunday’s fatalities were the second and third for workers on Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor in just the last five weeks, according to the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees, a union that represents track workers ... ....

This N.J. Transit Expansion Costs $474,000 Per Commuter

Edit Bloomberg 06 Apr 2016
By 2030, just 130 daily passengers are expected to board ... New Jersey’s 2015 rail-improvement plan includes no capital funding to expand station-platform capacity along the Northeast Corridor, the nation’s busiest route, or to add track connections in Hoboken, across the Hudson River from Manhattan ... It also completed about a third of the design process for a track loop near New Brunswick to improve movement along the Northeast Corridor....

FRA Releases Revised Proposal to Rebuild B&P; Tunnel After Receiving Input From Baltimore Community (US Department of Transportation)

Edit Public Technologies 06 Apr 2016
(Source. US Department of Transportation). Agency seeks more input in two public forums on revised proposal ... In December 2015, the FRA presented three options for replacing the tunnel in a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) ... Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx ... Feinberg ... One hundred and forty Amtrak and MARC trains travel daily through the tunnel that is part of the Northeast Corridor, the nation's busiest rail corridor ... Acela ... 51....

Brooklyn Water Bagel seeks bagel perfection with water system

Edit Tampa Bay Online 06 Apr 2016
SOUTH TAMPA — With so many former residents of the Northeast Corridor residing in Tampa Bay, particularly from the five boroughs of New York City, there’s a common complaint when it comes to the bagels available in the area. They aren’t the same ... And conventional wisdom says trying to re-create the traditional New York bagel is impossible anywhere south of the Mason-Dixon line, because of the water ... I feel good ... ....

Fifth Contract Awarded for the U.S. Route 301 Mainline Project: Work will Construct Interchange Between New Four-Lane Tollway and SR 1 (State of Delaware Department of Transportation)

Edit Public Technologies 06 Apr 2016
Route 301 will improve safety, manage truck traffic, and reduce congestion; support approved and proposed economic development in southern New Castle County (a key Delaware growth area); enhance the region's ability to compete for economic development; create needed jobs; improve local access to the Northeast Corridor Rail (Amtrak), commuter rail ......

Amtrak engineer 'hit brakes seconds before fatal crash'

Edit Belfast Telegraph 05 Apr 2016
The engineer of an Amtrak passenger train applied the emergency brakes five seconds before it struck a digger sitting on the same track, killing the operator and a track supervisor, US officials said ... Share Go To ... Trains on the Northeast Corridor have now resumed regular service ... The union representing Mr Carter said a total of three workers have now been killed on the job on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor since March 1 ... ....

Officials: Amtrak engineer hit brakes seconds before crash

Edit Austin American Statesman 05 Apr 2016
The engineer of an Amtrak passenger train applied the emergency brakes five seconds before it struck a backhoe sitting on the same track, killing the backhoe operator and a track supervisor, federal officials said ... Trains on the Northeast Corridor resumed regular service on Monday ... The union representing Carter said a total of three workers have now been killed on the job on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor since March 1 ... ___ ... ....

Amtrak engineer hit brakes seconds before crash

Edit Times Union 05 Apr 2016
CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — The engineer of an Amtrak passenger train applied the emergency brakes five seconds before it struck a backhoe sitting on the same track, killing the backhoe operator and a track supervisor, federal officials said ... Trains on the Northeast Corridor resumed regular service on Monday ... The union representing Carter said a total of three workers have now been killed on the job on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor since March 1....

Amtrak train struck backhoe at 106 mph; 2 killed on track

Edit The Oklahoman 05 Apr 2016
CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — An Amtrak passenger train was going 106 miles per hour in a 110 mph zone when it struck a backhoe sitting on the same track, killing the backhoe operator and a track supervisor, federal and local officials said Monday ... No one on board was killed, although more than 30 passengers were injured ... They died of blunt force trauma. Amtrak trains on the Northeast Corridor resumed regular service on Monday ... ___ ... ....

Amtrak on schedule in Northeast after derailment

Edit Times Union 04 Apr 2016
Amtrak says trains are operating on or close to schedule along the Northeast Corridor following a deadly derailment outside Philadelphia ... Service was disrupted for a while on the Northeast Corridor between New York and Philadelphia and was limited between Wilmington, Delaware, and Philadelphia....
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