BOSTON State budget writers have agreed to build fiscal 2022 spending plans on the assumption that state tax revenues will grow by 3.5 percent over upgraded projections for the current fiscal year, signaling that the damage done to the state s finances by the COVID-19 pandemic may not be as severe as once thought.
The estimate of $30.12 billion in state revenue for the budget year that starts July 1 amounts to about $1.03 billion more in revenue than the updated projection for the current fiscal year, roughly 3.5 percent growth. But the forecast announced on Friday is still $1.03 billion less than the $31.15 billion pre-pandemic estimate the same group of officials made for fiscal year 2021 revenue a year ago.
USDOT Awards $40.26MM for Commuter Rail Grade Crossing Improvements Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor
Receiving CARSI grants are: Metrolink operator Southern California Regional Rail Authority ($14,771,250); Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority ($1,000,000); New York State Department of Transportation, Metropolitan Transportation Authority and MTA Metro-North Railroad ($19,728,000); Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority ($3,335,000); and Washington state’s Sound Transit ($1,421,500).
Five commuter rail agencies will receive a total of $40.26 million in grants for highway/rail grade crossing improvements from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), in coordination with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The awards are part of round one of the Commuter Authority Rail Safety Improvement (CARSI) Grants Program.
NS, Comply365 deploy digital T&E Tools
Norfolk Southern’s “digital transformation” initiatives now include rulebooks, bulletins, special instructions, and other “mission-critical documents” that the railroad’s more-than 8,000 T&E (Train and Engine) workers conductors, engineers and other field operating personnel are required to carry while on duty. NS has contracted with Cloud-hosted software provider Comply365 for rollout of a content management system and mobile application to “digitize operations, improve efficiency and enhance safety and compliance.”
Beloit, Wisc.-based Comply365, whose customers include many major airlines, has a rail division whose customers include CN, Amtrak, and Keolis Commuter Services, which operates the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority’s commuter rail network. The company describes itself as “an industry leader in providing operators a user-friendly mobile solution to access the mission-critical information they need at their fin
NS, Comply365 Deploy Digital T&E Tools Written by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief
Norfolk Southern’s “digital transformation” initiatives now include rulebooks, bulletins, special instructions, and other “mission-critical documents” that the railroad’s more-than 8,000 T&E (Train and Engine) workers conductors, engineers and other field operating personnel are required to carry while on duty. NS has contracted with Cloud-hosted software provider Comply365 for rollout of a content management system and mobile application to “digitize operations, improve efficiency and enhance safety and compliance.”
Beloit, Wisc.-based Comply365, whose customers include many major airlines, has a rail division whose customers include CN, Amtrak, and Keolis Commuter Services, which operates the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority’s commuter rail network. The company describes itself as “an industry leader in providing operato