Chicago CREATE program

VIDEO: Progress made on Chicago freight rail project 

Construction continues on a Chicago bridge project designed to reduce delays and improve fluidity by untangling freight and passenger rail lines.

The Forest Hill Flyover, known as P3, is a viaduct designed to eliminate or reduce a quartet of intersecting railroad tracks on the city’s South Side. It’s part of the public-private $4.6-billion Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency (CREATE) Program of 70 grade separations, flyovers and other rail projects to reduce the city’s...

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Rail Roundup: Breaking ground and breaking records

CREATE breaks ground on 2 congestion-reducing projects in Chicago

The Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency (CREATE) Program broke ground Tuesday on two projects aimed at improving network flows for freight and passenger trains in Chicago.

The Forest Hill Flyover project involves the construction of a bridge that the CREATE Program says will reduce conflicts between freight rail carriers Chicago Belt Railways, CSX (NASDAQ: CSX) and Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC) and passenger...

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Rail Roundup: Green initiatives, Windy City rehab

A locomotive hauls railcars down the railroad track.Union Pacific, Shell sign agreement on green initiatives

Union Pacific and energy producer Shell have signed a memorandum of understanding that could help both companies reduce greenhouse gas emissions and eventually reach a 2050 goal of net-zero emissions.

UP (NYSE: UNP) also says it is seeking to reduce GHG emissions by 26% by 2030. 

The areas that the two companies plan to work together on include:

  • Increasing biofuel blends and renewable fuel blends in locomotives.
  • Examining renewable energy...

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DSC chat: Time to close the infrastructure gap

This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ Domestic Supply Chain Summit.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Unlocking the bipartisan infrastructure package.

DETAILS: With the long-awaited $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill finally signed into law on Nov. 15, the next questions are: What projects will get the money and when? Will the money flow in time to address the current supply chain crisis? In this fireside chat, freight policy expert Elaine Nessle provides insights.

SPEAKER: Nessle is the...

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