THE Mayor of New York City Mr Bill de Blasio announced on August 30 that his administration will move forward with the development of the Brooklyn Queens Connector (BQX) light rail project following the completion of a two-year feasibility study.
STADLER has shipped the second of 10 GoldLeaf panoramic coaches for the Rocky Mountaineer luxury train from Germany to Canada.
CANADA Infrastructure Bank (CBI) has agreed to invest $C 1.28bn ($US 980.8m) in Montreal’s Metropolitan Electric Network (REM), the new 67km automated light metro for the Canadian city.
HYUNDAI Rotem has confirmed it will close its rolling stock assembly plant in Philadelphia later this month.
Santanu Sur, consulting partner - energy and resources at Tata Consultancy Services’ energy unit, outlines plans for a series of IoT-based apps to improve the safety of the increasing volumes of crude oil being transported by rail in North America.
PLANS to extend the Max light rail network in Portland, Oregon, to Tigard and Tualatin took a step forward on August 13, when the Southwest Corridor Steering Committee selected its preferred alignment for the new line.
THE first phase of San Francisco’s $US 2.26bn Transbay Salesforce Transit Center, which will connect the Californian city’s bus and rail services, opened on August 11 following a decade of construction.
NIPPON Sharyo announced on July 24 that its US subsidiary will close its rolling stock assembly plant in Rochelle, Illinois, at the end of this month due to a lack of orders.
