The Senate Finance Committee has passed a bill designed to provide financing options for transportation infrastructure beyond the traditional Highway ...read more.

President Bush has signed an emergency measure that will fund federal programs into November at current levels, giving himself and congressional ...read more.

Phoenix's Valley Metro has become the first major transit system in the United States to use radio-frequency identification (RFID) readers to ...read more.

The "push/pull" method of powering commuter trains lies at the heart of a lawsuit that a California appeals court has agreed to hear involving a 2005 ...read more.

As China looks to foreign suppliers for its growing economy, the coal-shipping business will only get stronger for U.S. railroads, analysts tell ...read more.

Amtrak customers now can choose among three travel-insurance options, as the result of a new agreement between the railroad and insurance ...read more.

New Surface Transportation Board rules for resolving small- to mid-size rate disputes have delayed a major legal confrontation between BNSF Railway ...read more.

North Carolina Railroad (NCRR) is demanding that small businesses along a railroad right of way in the Charlotte area pay up to $1,200 a year in ...read more.

The FBI suspects sabotage in the disappearance of a dozen rail spikes last week from a Chicago Metra commuter railroad line. The ...read more.

Railroads will need to invest about $148 billion in their infrastructure over the next 30 years to ensure that they can meet demand for freight ...read more.