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  • Published on 08:42 GMT

    Letter to the editor: Santa Cruz County deserves better rail leadership

    Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. Santa Cruz County deserves rail leadership with actual rail expertise. Sarah Christensen, executive director of the Santa Cruz County …

    Source: Lookout Santa Cruz - California - Pending
  • Published on 11:35 GMT

    Wisconsin Passenger Rail Expansion Push Takes Center Stage at Milwaukee Conference

    A new statewide effort to expand passenger rail in Wisconsin will launch later this month in Milwaukee. The High Speed Rail Alliance and New Land Enterprises are hosting “Thinking Big About Wisconsin Passenger Rail” on Thursday, June 25, at the Oriental …

    Source: Daily Dodge - Wisconsin - Neutral
  • Published on 00:20 GMT

    U.S. Government Reverses Its $28 Million Repair Plan Pause At Desperate Amtrak Station

    Amtrak's attempts to upgrade some of its most important routes and stations have been off the rails over the last year. For example, passengers were infuriated with the Trump administration when it terminated the Gateway Project in late 2025, which was …

    Source: The Travel - Neutral
  • Published on 00:29 GMT

    What happens after a truck hits the Louisville 'can opener'?

    Oversized trucks keep hitting the can opener, and it happened again Friday.Despite transportation crews installing more than 30 signs warning of the 11 feet and 8 inches between the ground and the bottom of the railroad bridge, WLKY was there as another …

    Source: WLKY - Kentucky - Neutral
  • Published on Jun 5, 2026

    Funding received for upgrades to Pine Street rail crossing

    The crossing will mark the fourth addition to the ongoing Waterfront Quiet Zone project. BELLINGHAM, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – Upgrades to the railroad crossing on Pine Street have received funding. Bellingham City Council approved a $950,000 grant …

    Source: My Bellingham Now (790 KGMI) - Washington State - Pending
  • Published on Jun 5, 2026

    Off the Rails

    On the morning of May 13, Eric Alan Hirt — known across Miami's graffiti world as Eson — stepped onto the railroad tracks in Biscayne Park and never made it to the other side. The Brightline train that struck him was one of hundreds that barrel through …

    Source: Biscayne Times - Florida - Neutral
  • Published on Jun 5, 2026

    Downtown roadmap wins city council approval

    After years of planning and public outreach, Lodi’s Downtown Specific Plan now has the Lodi City Council’s approval and will serve as a roadmap for future development and improvements in the city’s core. The city council voted 4-0 Wednesday to adopt the …

    Source: Lodi News-Sentinel - California - Pending
  • Published on Jun 5, 2026

    Kiewit team to start laying track for California’s high-speed railway

    A US consortium of Kiewit, Stacy Witbeck and Herzog has won a contract to install the track, catenary system and communications infrastructure on a 192km stretch of guideway under construction in California’s Central Valley. It marks the start of track- …

    Source: Global Construction Review - Neutral
  • Published on Jun 5, 2026

    House Panel Advances $200 Million for Truck Parking

    June 4, 2026 1:00 PM, EDT WASHINGTON — House appropriators advanced a fiscal 2027 transportation funding bill June 3 that includes $200 million to expand truck parking capacity nationwide. Approved by the Republican-led Appropriations Committee, the …

    Source: Transport Topics - Center-right
  • Published on Jun 5, 2026

    Amtrak needs to get back on track

    This hasn’t been an easy time to be a Long Island Rail Road rider. Last month’s strike garnered the most attention and publicity. But there has been a string of separate incidents, each causing cascading delays and cancellations into Penn Station, each …

    Source: Newsday - New York - Neutral
  • Published on Jun 5, 2026

    Congressional Committee Directs Feds To Keep Testing Truck Drivers For Marijuana, Regardless Of Trump’s Rescheduling ...

    A congressional committee is directing federal officials to continue requiring government employees and safety-sensitive workers such as truck drivers and airline pilots to be drug tested for marijuana, “regardless of any future changes to the legal status …

    Source: Marijuana Moment - Neutral
  • Published on Jun 4, 2026

    House appropriations committee approves FY27 transportation funds

    Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 6/4/2026 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation In a 34-27 vote, the House Appropriations Committee yesterday approved the fiscal-year 2027 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development ( …

    Source: Progressive Railroading - Neutral
  • Published on Jun 5, 2026

    Shedding a light on the history of Iowa train derailments

    Iowa has seen a number of train derailments in the past decade, but the last fatal derailment prior to Wednesday occurred in 1910. IOWA, USA — Records suggest that Wednesday's crash between a semi-truck and a train near Victor was the third fatal train …

    Source: WOI-DT - Iowa - Neutral
  • Published on May 14, 2026

    Federal Railroad Administration Finalizes Rail Rules Aimed at Efficiency and Safety

    The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) finalized 11 deregulatory rules aimed at modernizing rail operations, reducing outdated requirements, and supporting rail safety and innovation, according to an announcement from the U.S. Transportation Department …

    Source: METRO Magazine - California - Pending
  • Published on Jun 4, 2026

    ‘Seventh’ Heaven: Four Candidates to Succeed Rep. Nydia Velazquez Court Streetsblog Readers

    Every two years at this time, we ask Congressional candidates a series of questions to determine if they truly support the livable streets movement or are merely paying lip service. Today, let’s hear from four candidates in the June 23 Democratic primary …

    Source: Streetsblog New York City - New York - Pending
  • Published on Jun 3, 2026

    How BUILD America 250 Act impacts passenger rail, Amtrak

    H.R. 8870, introduced by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) as the BUILD America 250 Act, is the bipartisan, five-year surface transportation reauthorization legislation that’s set to replace the Infrastructure Investment …

    Source: Mass Transit - Pending
  • Published on Jun 3, 2026

    America 250: The creation of Amtrak

    As America celebrates its 250th anniversary, one transportation system that many thought would never survive is marking more than five decades on the rails. As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, WTOP presents “250 Years of America,” a multipart …

    Source: WTOP - Maryland - Neutral
  • Published on Jun 3, 2026

    GovCon Update: FY27 NDAA, FCA Enforcement, Transportation Funding

    Recent developments in government contracting include the release of the House Armed Services Committee’s draft National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2027, a new Department of Justice (DOJ) initiative aimed at accelerating review of …

    Source: JD Supra - California - Neutral
  • Published on Jun 4, 2026

    Baltimore's Penn Station expansion plans put on hold

    Amtrak and the development team behind the proposed revamp of Baltimore's Penn Station are temporarily sidelining expansion plans. The plan included renovating the historic building, building an additional station north of the train tracks, and …

    Source: CBS 13 Baltimore - Maryland - Neutral

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  • Published on March 14, 2025 - 14:56 GMT

    Dispatches From the Front Lines of Trump’s War on Democracy

    “My generals” running the Pentagon? “My lawyers” running the Department of Justice? “My” main money man and his group of young techies illegally shutting down programs Congress voted to support and fund? What we have here is a hostile takeover of the U. …

    Source: Op/Ed
  • Published on June 6, 2026 - 11:55 GMT

    U.S. Senate Approves USD69.5B Border Security Bill

    (MENAFN) The US Senate in the early hours of Friday approved a $69.5 billion budget reconciliation package to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and border security operations through 2029, handing President Donald Trump a major legislative …

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