Chicago area transit agencies averted severe service cutbacks and layoffs, after the Illinois General Assembly passed and Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) ...read more.

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has announced a 2008 agenda that focuses on the coming surface transportation reauthorization ...read more.

The Federal Transit Administration has published a final rule on charter bus regulations that recipients of federal funding must comply with, ...read more.

The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (MTA) board has approved a new three-year contract that settles a contract dispute with 10 ...read more.

Amtrak reached a tentative agreement with nine labor unions earlier this month that averted a possible strike at the end of January. ...read more.

Railroads would see a big financial boost, under recommendations from a Congress-appointed commission to fund much-needed transportation ...read more.

The Illinois Supreme Court ruled last week that the state and municipalities lack the authority to use local laws to prevent trains from blocking ...read more.

A broken rail &mdash not safety violations &mdash caused a CSX Transportation train to derail last March in New York, sparking an explosion of four ...read more.

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) paid a lobbying firm $320,000 by in 2007 to try to persuade Congress not to impose tougher antitrust ...read more.

The nation's passenger-rail operators should prepare for terrorist attacks that would inflict the greatest number of mass casualties, a new ...read more.