U.S. Reps Jim McGovern (D-MA), Ed Markey (D-MA) and Niki Tsongas today commended the U.S. Department of Transportation for providing $750,000 in federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding for the Metrowest Regional Transit Authority. The Authority covers the communities of Hopkinton, Holliston, Wayland, Natick, Framingham, Sherborn, Ashland, Marlborough, Southborough,Weston and Sudbury. This stimulus funding will be used by the Authority to purchase one 25-foot replacement bu...
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A study released Thursday by the Government Accountability Office shows that commuter rail lines bear most of the liability for accidents that occur on tracks they share with freight railroads. The report was requested by four Members of Congress: James L. Oberstar (Minn.), Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; John W. Olver (Mass.), Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies; and James ...
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