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Line-of-Sight Analysis Using Drones and Photogrammetry

The U. S. Department of Transportation’s (U.S. DOT) John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe), under the direction of the U.S. DOT Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Office of Research, Development and Technology (RD&T), evaluated the effectiveness of using drones and...

Penn Station Access Project

The Penn Station Access (PSA) Project is proposed by the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). The PSA Project encompasses a variety of infrastructure improvements and will create additional passenger service along the Amtrak-owned Hell Gate Line (HGL) on the Northeast Corridor (NEC). Key elements include: