Virginia
Lynchburg Train Derailment – April 30, 2014
Wednesday’s train derailment is the 6th derailment in the last year in the US and Canada involving a tanker carrying crude oil.
This is not a new problem, but one that is fraught… Continue reading
By David Foster – RAIL Solution Executive Director – April 14, 2014
For years we have had a frustrating time in Virginia, the focus of much of our operations, combating a rigidly-entrenched highway-centric mentality among transportation planners at VDOT.… Continue reading
VDOT has posted the 2014 public hearing schedule for the draft 2015-20 Six-Year Improvement Program.
(These meetings have been concluded)
See the presentation by RAIL Solution
“Investing in Virginia’s Transportation Future: Fiscal Year 2015-2020 Six-Year Improvement Program.”
Public hearings… Continue reading
January 2014 |
With new Governor Terry McAuliffe, several changes have been made in the Virginia transportation agencies’ leadership.
The new Secretary of Transportation is Aubrey Layne.
John Malbon was appointed to the Commonwealth Transportation Board and Charles… Continue reading
January 9, 2014 |
Well – it’s official. At least the paperwork.
Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell signed an agreement with Norfolk Southern for making infrastructure improvements necessary to extend Amtrak passenger rail service from Lynchburg to Roanoke. So far, so… Continue reading
Remind Virginia transportation leaders:
We want rail freight improvements & passenger service!
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Holiday Inn Staunton Conference Center
152 Fairway Lane
Staunton, VA 24401
Representatives from the CTB, VDOT, Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT),… Continue reading
The 2013 Commonwealth’s Office of Intermodal Planning and Investment has released its Draft Virginia Multimodal Freight Plan which is now available for review through November 15, 2013.
This is the Commonwealth’s strategy to improve goods movement on its highway,… Continue reading
Nov. 30, 2013
Last night I represented RAIL Solution at the Virginia Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) hosted public meeting for the Salem District. These hearings are held twice a year in the various VDOT operational districts… Continue reading
The Virginia Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) is hosting nine public meetings across the commonwealth for the public to discuss projects and programs in the CTB’s current Six-Year Improvement Program (SYIP) and provide comments for the development of the Fiscal… Continue reading
Oct. 14, 2013
Amtrak reports that Amtrak carried a record 31.6 million passengers in Fiscal Year 2013.
Danny Plaugher, executive director of Virginians for High Speed Rail, observed that “These great ridership numbers only prove the point that when given… Continue reading