The National Railroad Passenger Corporation,doing business as Amtrak,is the national passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous U.S. states and three Canadian provinces. Amtrak is a portmanteau of the words America and trak,the latter itself a sensational spelling of track.
Riverdale is a village in Cook County,Illinois,United States. The population was 10,663 at the 2020 census. The village shares its name with the bordering Riverdale neighborhood in Chicago.
The Chicago metropolitan area,also colloquially referred to as Chicagoland,is the metropolitan area containing the City of Chicago,which includes its surrounding suburbs and satellite cities. Encompassing 10,286 square mi (28,120 km2),the metropolitan area includes the city of Chicago,its suburbs and hinterland,that span 14 counties across northeast Illinois,northwest Indiana,and southeast Wisconsin. The MSA had a 2020 census population of 9,618,502 and the combined statistical area which spans up to 19 counties had a population of nearly 10 million people. The Chicago area is the fourth largest metropolitan area in North America,the third largest metropolitan area in the United States,the largest within the Midwest,and the largest in the Great Lakes megalopolis. Its urban area is one of the forty largest in the world.
The Illinois Service,branded Amtrak Illinois,comprises three passenger rail routes operated by Amtrak in the American state of Illinois. The Illinois Service is funded primarily by the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and falls under the broader Amtrak Midwest brand.
The Sunset Limited is a long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak on a 1,995-mile (3,211 km) route between New Orleans,Louisiana,and Los Angeles,California,with major stops in Houston,San Antonio,El Paso,and Tucson. Introduced in 1894 by the Southern Pacific Railroad,it is the oldest continuously operating named train in the United States.
John H. Riley was an American attorney and railroad transportation administrator.
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is an agency in the United States Department of Transportation (DOT). The agency was created by the Department of Transportation Act of 1966. The purpose of the FRA is to promulgate and enforce rail safety regulations,administer railroad assistance programs,conduct research and development in support of improved railroad safety and national rail transportation policy,provide for the rehabilitation of Northeast Corridor rail passenger service,and consolidate government support of rail transportation activities.
Washington Heights is the 73rd of Chicago's 77 community areas. Located 12 miles (19 km) from the Loop,it is on the city's far south side. Washington Heights is considered part of the Blue Island Ridge,along with the nearby community areas of Beverly,Morgan Park and Mount Greenwood,and the village of Blue Island. It contains a neighborhood also known as Washington Heights,as well as the neighborhoods of Brainerd and Fernwood. As of 2017,Washington Heights had 27,453 inhabitants.
The SouthEast Service is a proposed commuter rail line to be operated by Metra,the commuter railroad service for the Chicago metropolitan area. The route of the proposed line would use tracks owned by CSX Transportation and the Union Pacific Railroad.
Amfleet is a fleet of single-level intercity railroad passenger cars built by the Budd Company for American company Amtrak in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Budd based the Amfleet design on its earlier Metroliner electric multiple unit. An initial order for 57 cars in 1973 to supplement the Metroliners on the Northeast Corridor grew to two orders totaling 642 cars,sufficient to reequip all the services on the Northeast Corridor and many other routes around the United States. The first 492 cars,known as Amfleet I and completed between 1975 and 1977,were designed for short-distance service. A second order of 150 cars,known as Amfleet II and completed between 1980 and 1983,were designed for long-distance service. They were the last intercity passenger cars built by Budd.
Plans for high-speed rail in the United States date back to the High-Speed Ground Transportation Act of 1965. Various state and federal proposals have followed. Despite being one of the world's first countries to get high-speed trains,it failed to spread. Definitions of what constitutes high-speed rail vary,including a range of speeds over 110 mph (180 km/h) and dedicated rail lines. Inter-city rail with top speeds between 90 and 125 mph is sometimes referred to in the United States as higher-speed rail.
The Illiana Expressway,also known as the Illiana Corridor,was a controversial proposed toll road in northeastern Illinois and northwestern Indiana. Formal environmental impact statement studies were begun in April 2011 and were led jointly by the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT). It was planned as being approximately 50 miles (80 km) in length,mostly in Illinois,connecting Interstate 55 (I-55) in Illinois to I-65 in Indiana. The freeway was scheduled to open in 2018. However,construction plans were shelved in 2015 when Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner issued an executive order delaying the construction of new highways in the state.
The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) is a metropolitan planning organization (MPO) responsible for comprehensive regional transportation planning in Cook,DuPage,Kane,Kendall,Lake,McHenry and Will counties in northeastern Illinois. The agency developed and now guides implementation of ON TO 2050,a new long-range plan to help the seven counties and 284 communities of northeastern Illinois implement strategies that address transportation,housing,economic development,open space,the environment,and other quality-of-life issues.
The Port of Chicago consists of several major port facilities within the city of Chicago,Illinois,operated by the Illinois International Port District. It is a multimodal facility featuring Senator Dan Dougherty Harbor,the Iroquois Landing Lakefront Terminus,and Harborside International Golf Center. The central element of the Port District,Calumet Harbor,is maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Joseph Houston Boardman was an American transportation executive.
Illinois High Speed Rail refers to a set of planned high speed rail lines connecting Chicago Union Station to various parts of the state and beyond. Two lines already offer increased speeds.
The Quad Cities is a planned Amtrak Illinois Service intercity passenger train that will operate between Chicago and Moline in the US state of Illinois. The train will duplicate the route and stations of the Carl Sandburg and Illinois Zephyr between Chicago and Wyanet using track owned by BNSF. On the Wyanet–Moline segment,which will include a station at Geneseo,the train will use track owned by Iowa Interstate Railroad.
Pedestrian railroad safety is concerned with the protection of life through regulation,management and technology development of all forms of rail transportation. In the United States there are some 180,000 miles of track. Pedestrian railroad accidents are the leading cause of death on railways. More than 7,200 pedestrians have been killed by trains in the United States since 1997.
Sarah Elizabeth Feinberg is an American civic employee who previously served as the Interim President of the New York City Transit Authority from 2020 to 2021,and a former Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration. She was nominated for the role of MTA Chairperson but was ultimately not selected for the position. Her background is mostly in communications.
