Transportation Efficiency Program News Today

This year, over $700,000 is allocated to South Side schools and educational institutions through the program.

Railroad industry news about: Union Pacific Railroad, UP, Request for Qualifications, RFQ, property acquisition services, CREATE Project EW2 . From the editors of Progressive Railroading Magazine

As California cleans up locomotives at BNSF, many will find their way back to Chicago along the railroad’s busiest intermodal route, the Southern Transcon, which begins in Los Angeles.

Norfolk Southern portrays its expansion plan as a badly needed infusion of jobs and investment. But the demolition of hundreds of homes and a rising tide of truck pollution has sparked discontent.

Norfolk Southern officials say they have tried to be a good neighbor, highlighting the railroad's contributions to environmental and community development and commitment to inclusive hiring.

The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), under the leadership of Governor JB Pritzker and Illinois Transportation Secretary Omer Osman, continued to make history in 2022, delivering transformational projects across the state that will improve safety, enhance quality of life, and create economic opportunity across multiple modes of transportation for generations to come.

Construction is beginning on a major railroad project that officials hope will unsnarl a key freight rail choke point

Planners hope a new rail bridge will resolve one of the largest chokepoints for passenger and freight rail traffic in the nation.

More funds for CREATE's rail line modernization project; funding is via the INFRA grant program, which advances freight projects.

The ongoing Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency Program (CREATE) has completed another project.