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Federal Legislation & Regulation

USDOT revokes approval of NYC congestion toll; Hochul, MTA vow to fight decision »

KEYWORDS: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, MTA, congestion relief program, toll, Manhattan, USDOT, Sean Duffy, Trump administration, Janno Lieber, Gov. Kathy Hochul

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Rail Industry Trends

U.S. freight-rail traffic inches up 1.5% in Week 7 »

KEYWORDS: Freight rail traffic, weekly freight traffic, Association of American Railroads, commodity groups

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Virginia awards grant to Hitachi Energy for rail track improvements »

KEYWORDS: Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation, Hitachi Energy, Rail Industrial Access Program, Tiffany Robinson

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Passenger Rail

Rail projects in question due to federal funding freeze, PennDOT leader says »

KEYWORDS: PennDOT Secretary Mike Carroll, Amtrak, passenger-rail service, federal funding, rail infrastructure projects, FRA grants, Biden administration, Trump executive order, federal funding freeze

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Passenger Rail

Metra OKs $8.7M contract for Rock Island Line station reno »

KEYWORDS: Metra, IHC Construction Cos. LLC of Elgin, Rock Island Line, Disadvantaged business enterprises, renovation

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People

People news from R. J. Corman, Ports of Indiana and Sound Transit »

KEYWORDS: Sound Transit, Victoria Baecher Wassmer, Hughey Newsome, Ports of Indiana, David Parrott; R.J. Corman Railroad Co., Ray Goss, Donnie Stilwell

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