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Report: MTA Lost $1B to Fare and Toll Scofflaws in 2024

September 16, 2025 The Center Square

New York City’s public transit system lost more than $1 billion last year to riders who don’t pay their fares and drivers who avoid paying tolls, according to a new report by a state watchdog.

Two Weeks Later, Outrage Rises in Charlotte Rail Murder

September 9, 2025 The Center Square

Chilling video of the Aug. 22 stabbing death of Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte light rail has drawn increased awareness of the incident.

Department of Transportation Reclaiming Control of D.C. Union Station

August 29, 2025 The Center Square

In the Trump administration’s latest bid to “beautify” Washington, D.C. and make it safer, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced Wednesday that it is reclaiming control of Washington Union Station.

An Amtrak train pulls into Winter Park, Florida.

Derailment Disrupts Train Service for Chicago, New York, Washington, Miami

August 19, 2025 The Center Square

Passenger train service involving routes to Chicago, Miami and New York is on hold because of a coal train derailment in northeastern North Carolina on Sunday.

First Section of California Bullet Train to Connect Two Small Cities

June 25, 2025 The Center Square

The California High-Speed Rail Authority has responded to the Federal Rail Authority’s plan to terminate $4 billion in federal funding for the Los Angeles-to-San Francisco high speed rail project.

Economic Reality May Force Sound Transit to Revise its Financial Plan

May 7, 2025 The Center Square

Much of the funding for Sound Transit’s projects, including ST3, has come from federal grants. In the past seven years, it has secured a total of $3.8 billion, with $9 billion expected in future grants for ST3.

Washington Officials: Lessons to be Learned from California’s High-Speed Rail ‘disaster’

February 18, 2025 The Center Square

As California’s high speed rail project lays its first tracks after spending billions of dollars since 2006, Washington officials are already looking at lessons to be learned on how to avoid a similar outcome as they work on their own multi-state, multi-national bullet train.

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