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Month: August 2022

Commuter Rail

DART Board Votes to Allocate $214 Million in Unallocated Sales Tax Revenue Funds

August 26, 2022 Railfanning.org News Wire
The Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Board of Directors recently approved a one-time distribution of $214 million of unallocated Sales Tax Revenue Funds to the agency’s 13 service area cities.

Transit

Fitch Ratings Upgrades MARTA Bond Credit Rating

August 26, 2022 Railfanning.org News Wire
Fitch Ratings gave the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) an upgrade in its bond credit rating after demonstrating sustained maintenance of liquidity and financial resilience.

Commuter Rail

Christchurch Debuts Extension to Famed Tramway

August 26, 2022 Railfanning.org News Wire
The Christchurch Tramway recently opened a long-awaited track extension. The extension will add another 500 meters (roughly one-third mile) to the current 4.5-kilometer (roughly 2.8-mile) circuit.

Amtrak

Lawmakers Raise Alarm About Amtrak Potentially Being Used for Illegal Immigrants to Cross Border

August 17, 2022 The Center Square
Lawmakers sent a letter to Amtrak Wednesday requesting a briefing as well as all documents related to how taxpayer-subsidized Amtrak may be used to transfer illegal immigrants across the border.

Transit

MARTA Names New Deputy General Manager

August 12, 2022 Railfanning.org News Wire
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) has named Josh Rowan its new deputy general manager.

Commuter Rail

DART Silver Line Construction Scheduled for Dallas’ Hillcrest Road

August 12, 2022 Railfanning.org News Wire
Starting Monday, Aug. 15, Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Silver Line construction will take place on Hillcrest Road at the intersections of Wester Way and McCallum Blvd. in Dallas.

FRA

Rail Industry: New Proposed Rulemaking for Rail Regulation has no ‘Plausible Safety Justification’

August 10, 2022 The Center Square
A new proposed rule change to expand railroad regulations without any safety justification “prioritizes politics over sound, data-driven safety policy,” industry experts argue.

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Miscellaneous

United States Patent and Trademark Office Green Lights Rail Vision Application

August 8, 2022 Railfanning.org News Wire
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has notified Rail Vision Ltd. it can patent its “system and method for built-in test for optical sensors.”

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