Passenger Rail

LA Metro applies for $1.4 billion in state funds for transit expansions »

KEYWORDS: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, LA Metro, L.A. Metro, Steve Hymon, Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program, TIRCP, LA Metro light rail, Los Angeles transit

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Rail Industry Trends

U.S. rail traffic continued upward climb in Week 14 »

KEYWORDS: Association of American Railroads, AAR, traffic, rail industry trends

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Security

Secure Rail webcast: Industrial IoT apps boost efficiency, safety »

KEYWORDS: Industrial Internet of Things, IIoT, Secure Rail, Pranav Misal, Secure Rail conference, rail security, rail safety,

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Amtrak

Amtrak slates summer projects for NY Penn Station »

KEYWORDS: Amtrak, New York Penn Station, Empire Tunnel and Spuyten Duyvil Bridge, infrastructure projects, Track 19, Scot Naparstek

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People

LIRR President Nowakowski to step down »

KEYWORDS: MTA Long Island Rail Road, LIRR, Patrick Nowakowski, transit leadership, commuter rail, commuter-rail execs, Joseph Lhota

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Short Lines & Regionals

ASLRRA honors short lines for marketing, veteran recruitment; awards scholarship »

KEYWORDS: American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association, ASLRRA, Veterans Recruitment Award, Louisville & Indiana Railroad Co., LIRC, Marketing Awards, Lake State Railway Co., Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad, Susan C. Murray Scholarship, Emma Lezberg, Simmons Machine Tool

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Safety

Brightline heightens rail safety ahead of Miami extension »