NY MTA approves rail-yard plan, subway extension
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New York's Metropolitan Transportation   Authority on Thursday formally approved plans to develop its   Manhattan West Midtown rail yards with New York City and build   the city's first new major subway link in decades.
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Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz approved Monday afternoon a series of operations which will be launched in the Rafah area against tunnels used by Palestinians to smuggle weapons and attack Israeli targets.
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Plan to network the Hudson could lead to a river of opportunities.
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By Connecticut Post, Bridgeport  Dec. 10--Plans for Fairfield third railroad station -- a major mixed use of offices, retail and much-needed rail commuter parking -- continue to inch toward their final permit destination.
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The Boston Redevelopment Authority and a New York developer yesterday reached an agreement that should speed construction of housing and a marina at the Charlestown Navy Yard.
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The future looked a little brighter for Suffolk Downs racetrack yesterday, when a proposal to buy a majority interest (approximately 40 percent) by New York businessman Richard Fields was presented to the Massachusetts State Racing Commission for approval.
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Although the debate over whether to build a Metrorail extension to Dulles International Airport above- or below ground in Tysons Corner has flared only in the past year, key decisions on the project were made more than a decade ago.
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By Sophia KazmiSTAFF  DUBLIN -- Plans for a new 935-unit residential development with a mix of housing types, parks and open space have been approved by the City Council for northeast Dublin.
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Commuters will soon be able to use their mobile phones and personal digital assistants at four of Boston's busiest subway station.
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Plans to build the Freedom Tower and   three other skyscrapers at Ground Zero were formally approved   on Thursday in a deal that would see the former World Trade   Center site rebuilt by 2012.
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A New York real estate company paid $160 million for the 84-year lease of Union Station. The acquisition gives it control of the station's office and retail space, concourse and ticket counters.
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Passengers at Dulles International Airport will be able to check out a new underground train system that one day will carry them from terminal to concourse -- replacing the much-maligned mobile lounges -- starting today, when a walk-in display of one of the train cars will open for public...
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The Museum of the Moving Image will add new galleries, an outdoor theater, an educational center and a new collection storage facility as part of a &#36;25 million renovation and expansion of its Queens site, museum officials announced Thursday.
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PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 21  /PRNewswire/ -- SEPTA's Market Street Elevated Reconstruction Project (MSE) continues this weekend (September 22-24) with shuttle buses operating in place of trains between 69th Street Terminal and 40th Street Station.
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is proposing a tax increase to raise $900 million a year to help pay for a five-year rebuilding program.
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The Boston Redevelopment Authority yesterday preliminarily approved a $45 million freight container handling facility that would be a modern gateway to the Boston Marine Industrial Park in South Boston.
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The New York City Council on Wednesday approved a rezoning of part of West Harlem, clearing the way for a massive expansion of Columbia University that will almost double the size of one of the country's preeminent academic institutions.