The Transportation Department will provide $156 million in federal funding to build Northstar Commuter Rail, connecting Minneapolis to Big Lake, ...read more.

Federal officials have approved a $1.9 million grant for the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) to develop new industry standards ...read more.

Prompted by a fiscal 2009 budget gap, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) has approved the largest fare increase in the ...read more.

CSX Transportation Inc. has won a major case before the U.S. Supreme Court that could make it easier for railroads to avoid state taxes based on ...read more.

Freight traffic on U.S. railroads was down during the second week of December compared with the same week last year, the Association of American ...read more.

BNSF Railway says it plans to announce a "performance standard" soon that coal customers would need to meet to prevent coal dust from ...read more.

The Senate has passed its version of the 2007 Farm Bill, which would require a study on railroad service in rural economies. Farm belt ...read more.

The threats of global warming and the challenges of an aging population demand that the United States invest $357.2 billion over the next 40 years to ...read more.

President Bush signed a $555 billion spending bill into law yesterday that includes funding for the Federal Railroad Administration and Amtrak. ...read more.

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) has introduced a new pilot program to provide riders with wireless service delay updates.
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