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Quality Control music exec Coach K earns bachelor’s, honorary doctorate (Image source: Instagram – @coachk44) Quality Control Music CEO Kevin “Coach K” Lee was awarded an honorary doctorate on Saturday, May 1, 2021, from Saint Augustine’s University in Raleigh, North Carolina. Coach K was presented with the Doctor of Humane Letters degree, which is awarded to those who have shown immense dedication to professional development and/or humanitarianism. The music executive attende...

Amtrak Spells it All Out for Congress Amtrak Spells it All Out for Congress Written by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief Amtrak has submitted its FY22 General and Legislative Annual Report and Five-Year Plan to Congress and the USDOT. The FY22 Grant Request proposes $3.88 billion for base needs and funding to offset the pandemic’s impacts on Amtrak and its state and commuter partners. In addition, Amtrak has identified $1.55 billion in addi...

Delaware Business Now Reading Time: 2 minutes President Joe Biden joined Amtrak executives for a Friday ceremony marking the half-century mark for the government-owned passenger railroad Streamed live from Gray 30 thStreet Station in Philadelphia, the ceremony highlighted the contributions of Amtrak employees past and present as well as the railroad’s plans to expand and improve rail service for the future. “Today we have a once in a generation opportunity to position Amtrak, and rail, and...

‘Amtrak Joe’ Marks Amtrak’s 50th Written by David Peter Alan, Contributing Editor April 30, 2021 was a cool, sunny and windy day in Philadelphia, as President Joe Biden joined Amtrak officials and selected guests to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the day “America’s Railroad” began operations. It was a day that many rail passengers at the time never thought would come. Amtrak was founded to relieve the private-sector freight railro...

Hedlund Biden’s Begeman-Replacement STB Pick April 29, 2021 Hedlund Biden’s Begeman-Replacement STB Pick Written by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief President Joe Biden will nominate Democrat Karen J. Hedlund, current Vice President and National Rail Strategy Advisor at WSP USA and former Federal Railroad Administration Deputy Administrator, to replace Republican Ann Begeman on the Surface Transportation Board. Begeman’s term expired ...

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo yesterday showed off several new renderings for the transformation on Penn Station into a 21st century addition to the new Empire Station Complex. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Amtrak and NJ TRANSIT are working together on the plans to unify the separate railroads’ concourses into one open, light-filled space through two fundamental approaches following a yearlong strategic re-envisioning process, supported by FXCollaborative and WSP. “The Empire Stati...

Biden Greenlights Resumption of Gateway Project April 14, 2021 The FEIS and ROD for the Hudson Tunnel Project are set for completion in May. The Biden Administration has announced that a “critical milestone” in the Gateway Tunnel Project will be achieved in May—completion of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) and the Record of Decision (ROD). Gov. Phil Murphy of New Jersey released the following statement after learning of the Biden announcement: “The Biden Administration�...

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The list of infrastructure projects in New Jersey that have been put off or stalled over a lack of funding is long.  "The American Jobs Plan will build new rail corridors and transit lines, easing congestion, cutting pollution, slashing commute times, and opening up investment in communities that can be connected to the cities, and cities to the outskirts, where a lot of jobs are these days," Biden said. Greg Lalevee, business manager of International Union of Operating Engineers Local 825, wh...

Pennsylvania and N.J. are hoping for billions from Biden for roads, bridges, new transit lines Thomas Fitzgerald, The Philadelphia Inquirer © HINDA SCHUMAN/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS Traffic merges from the westbound Schuylkill Expressway onto southbound Route 202 amid construction in 2018. As President Joe Biden campaigned for his $2.25 trillion infrastructure spending plan at the other end of Pennsylvania on Wednesday, transportation officials on both sides of the Delawa...