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Despite funding issues, projections rosy for high-speed train linking Las Vegas, Victorville
When XpressWest was chosen in 2015 to build a high-speed rail system between Las Vegas and Southern California, the company said it could start construction as early as fall...
USDOT proposes $79 million in FASTLANE grant awards
U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao late last week informed Congress that the U.S. Department of Transportation has proposed nearly $79 million in grants for...
How Trump’s NAFTA Negotiations Could Help Expand Chinese Influence In The Americas
Trump once labelled NAFTA, “the worst trade deal maybe ever signed anywhere”. This month, he unveiled the NAFTA negotiating agenda, providing a template for trade...
NRD New Speaker Announcement- More to Come!
CARS is excited to announce two new speakers for CARS National Railway Day November 7 th 2017 Jean-Marc Arbaud - Deputy Managing Director of CDPQ Infra - Biography click...
Christie, Cuomo Shake Up Leadership at the Port Authority
Govs. Chris Christie and Andrew Cuomo are shuffling the deck at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the behemoth transit agency marred by scandal and infighting...
Feds greenlight engineering phase for $2.5B NC rail project
The Federal Transit Administration has authorized engineering to go forward on the $2.47 billion, 17.7-mile light-rail transit project connecting North Carolina's Durham and...
Egged wins Tel Aviv light rail tender
Egged has been awarded the tender to operate and maintain the Tel Aviv light rail Red Line by the NTA Metropolitan Mass Transit System Ltd. tenders committee. To read full...
Could China’s “Trackless Train” really beat light rail?
The quest to concoct a workable rubber-tired replacement for steel-wheel light rail transit (LRT)—on standard steel rails—seems eternal. Several variants of running a...
Trump phone calls leaked: ‘Don’t worry about Canada,’ says trade relationship is fair
The purported transcript of a late-January phone call with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, published today by the Washington Post, reflects Trump's attitudes as he...
Sask. farmers hope to see Churchill port, rail line revived
Residents of the remote northern Manitoba town of Churchill aren't the only people who want to see the railway leading to the community repaired and back in operation. To...
Mass transit line contruction in Korat to start by 2020
Construction of the first mass transit line in Nakhon Ratchasima could start by 2020 after cabinet approval, an academic has said. To read full article click here
2028 Olympic transit line hangs on federal funding cut in Trump's budget plan
The city of Los Angeles has struck a deal to host the 2028 Olympics but questions remain whether an important transit project will get needed federal funding to stay on...