Sentences with phrase «rail corridor»

By building safe, reliable and energy - efficient passenger rail corridors we will be able to help small businesses thrive and move people and goods more quickly than ever before.

Whilst early urban development was along rail corridors, more recently it has been away from traditional public transport hubs, with much greater reliance on car use.

If BC is to join the new era of train travel, it must plan for passenger rail on a regional basis, and protect potential new rail corridors.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that he is making available approximately $ 2.4 billion, through a competitive process, to states eager to develop high - speed rail corridors across the United States.

Then Lord Foster joined the party, and has just released updated renderings of the scheme to place bike lanes on top of rail corridors.

This will help the Federal Railroad Administration continue to work with states as they plan and develop high - speed and intercity passenger rail corridors across the country.

Feasibility study for the development of a proposed intercity passenger rail corridor in Alabama between Birmingham and Montgomery, with a potential extension to Mobile.

The Associated Press - ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)- Gov. Andrew Cuomo has approved a plan to divide a 119 - mile state - owned rail corridor through the Adirondacks to extend a scenic train route and create a new multi-use trail.

A third study will also look into the development of a new dedicated freight route, possibly using derelict or under - used existing rail corridors, to link ports, the Channel Tunnel and Britain's major business centres.

Engineering and environmental analysis for the proposed Northern Lights Express, a 155 - mile intercity passenger rail corridor between Minneapolis and Duluth, MN.

«Rahway is in a prime commuter rail corridor with direct access to New York City, and several of these buildings are within walking distance of the New Jersey Transit station» said Kelin.

Cuomo has approved a plan to divide a 119 - mile state - owned rail corridor through the Adirondacks to extend a scenic train route and create a new multi-use trail.

The lure of stimulus money, plus a separate five - year, $ 5 billion investment in high - speed rail beginning as part of the administration's suggested fiscal year 2010 budget, has led to 45 applications from 24 states for a total of $ 50 billion in long - term, high - speed rail corridor projects, and another 214 requests from 24 states for a total of $ 7 billion for the smaller, «shovel - ready» work.

In Minneapolis we have a metro area of over 3 million people, yet the public transit system is limited to one light rail corridor and a fleet of mostly diesel - burning buses that too many people avoid.

Cuomo signed off on a plan that will lead to the removal of roughly 34 miles of the historic rail corridor in the Adirondacks, though supporters of the Adirondack Scenic Railroad say they'll go forward with legal action to block the controversial project.

According to the Federal Railroad Administration, a number of states are exploring high speed rail corridors at the moment.

Specifically, companies operating in the whole of B.C., and many located along Ontario's main rail corridor, are not allowed to apply for the right to use LHI, according to some shippers who proposed amendments this week.

Congressman Brian Higgins said, «This is a great opportunity to access federal and state funds to improve accessibility, re-imagine abandoned rail corridors and create safer, walkable communities.»

«I don't have a problem with the legislature setting up committees and naming chairmen [previously the sole prerogative of legislature chairmen] but I think a so - called rail corridor committee should have more members from the corridor on it.»

The Northeast rail corridor will see shorter travel times and be more reliable.

``... We have to complete the eastern and western rail corridors, and make sure that it is possible to connect Accra, Kumasi, Paga across the country.

A hearing Monday on a lawsuit challenging New York's plan for a rail to trail transition along the Remsen to Lake Placid rail corridor was delayed after the judge requested more information pertaining to ownership of land along the route.

SARANAC LAKE — Groups working to preserve the historic Adirondack Rail corridor announced that a rally will be held Saturday, Nov. 7, at noon at the Saranac Lake Union Depot.

Hein first proposed the extended trail last October calling for the development of a multi-use recreational trail along the county - owned Ulster & Delaware Rail corridor, which stretches more than 38 miles from Kingston to Highmount near Belleayre Mountain.

Since enactment of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act), the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has generated a framework and support for rail corridor planning at the multistate, state, and local levels.

Reno is situated on a major rail corridor linking west coast ports, especially the Port of Oakland, to inland destinations.

The passenger rail component of the model will allow IADOT to forecast passenger rail ridership along potential corridors, which is essential in prioritizing rail corridor projects and to Iowa's vision of developing a passenger rail network.

One hundred and forty Amtrak and MARC trains travel daily through the tunnel that is part of the Northeast Corridor, the nation's busiest rail corridor.

«This is an important step toward achieving higher speeds along the entire Chicago to Detroit rail corridor and improving the flow of freight to the east coast,» said Secretary LaHood.

This is the sixth agreement between the states and a host freight railroad for a major high - speed rail corridor funded under the Recovery Act, and it ensures that these grants will improve passenger rail service in North Carolina, while preserving the world class freight rail system we have today.»

The ports are connected to the downtown rail yards and to the main lines of Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe headed east via a grade - separated, freight rail corridor known as the Alameda Corridor.

A report by the U.S. Conference of Mayors, projected that high - speed rail would create tens of thousands of jobs in cities and along rail corridors across the United States.

Instead the main line will run from its London terminus at Euston through the tunnel to Ruislip and along the existing rail corridor.

Feasibility study for the development of a proposed high - speed intercity passenger rail corridor between Birmingham, AL and Atlanta, GA..

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that he is making available approximately $ 2.4 billion, through a competitive process, to states eager to develop high - speed rail corridors across the United States.

The Denver Metro Area REALTORS ® (DMAR) have been engaged throughout all aspects of an expansion plan for Colorado's West Rail Line — the latest step in an eight - county, comprehensive transit expansion plan called FasTracks that will expand the Regional Transportation District's light rail corridor an additional 12 miles from downtown Denver to Jefferson County and the city of Golden.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that $ 1.195 billion in high - speed rail funds originally designated for Wisconsin and Ohio will be redirected to other states eager to develop high - speed rail corridors across the United States.

The new rail system, which consists of a «spine» rail corridor through the center of the site, replaces a large amount of track that had been located along Route 5 and had blocked access to the site, and will maximize the site's intermodal possibilities.

Feasibility study for the development of a proposed high - speed intercity passenger rail corridor between Chicago, IL and Atlanta, GA along a route serving Louisville, KY and Nashville and Chattanooga, TN.

Rebuild / upgrade 15 train engines, for use on intercity passenger rail corridors in California, to reduce emissions and improve air quality.

The Environmental Protection Authority has given conditional approval for Rio Tinto's Koodaideri iron ore project in the Pilbara, but is cautious about the potential spread of asbestos that could result from where the mining giant proposes to construct a rail corridor.

To realise an increase in the movement of goods and persons, and the corresponding economic and commercial benefits along the rail corridor of Ghana and Burkina Faso, both sides reaffirmed the crucial need to rapidly establish the railway interconnection project.

The railroad contends it needs no state or local permission, but Protect the Adirondacks says long - term storage of tankers would be a new use of the rail corridor and subject to Adirondack Park Agency oversight.

«There has been considerable interest among several communities and elected officials on possible opportunities involving the Rockaway Beach and West Shore (SI) rail corridors,» a spokesman for the MTA said.

Both rail lines haul a variety of products including fertilizers, metal products, paper and propane to various industries along the rail corridor.

South Buffalo Railway and National Grid are partnering to relocate an existing rail corridor.

Train — «More productivity with high - speed connectivity» is what India... site for the proposed Sabarmati station of the 508 - km Ahmedabad - Mumbai high - speed rail corridor, Modi said that Japan's loan for the project is on such easy terms that it is...

U.S. Transportation Deputy Secretary John Porcari today announced that the state of Connecticut will receive $ 120 million in High - Speed Intercity Passenger Rail program funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation to complete construction on the Hartford segment of the New Haven to Springfield, Mass. passenger rail corridor.

Federal Railroad Administration Capital Assistance for High Speed Rail Corridors and Intercity Passenger Rail Corridors ProgramPerformancePlan