Transportation

Skanska USA Building, a division of Stockholm-based Skanska AB, has signed a contract with the Worcester Regional Transit Authority (WRTA) to build a new maintenance and operations facility on Quinsigamond Avenue on Worcester.

Providence & Worcester Railroad has entered into an eight-year collective bargaining agreement with the Transportation Communications International Union (TCU), which will include a compounded annual pay increase of 24 percent over the eight years for its workforce of clerical and dispatch employees, the union said.

Due to growing demand, the Westborough shuttle service operated by the Worcester Regional Transit Authority (WRTA) added a new route this week for Westborough residents living in the downtown area.

Westborough town officials took aggressive action to reduce the number of cars on the road during peak commuting hours when it launched shuttle service between the MBTA commuter rail station and major office parks on Route 9 last fall. Town Planner Jim Robbins said ridership has steadily increased each month, and there's a healthy appetite for commuting by train rather than automobile. But the Planning Department and Economic Development Committee aren't stopping there.

The former Worcester Regional Flight Academy (WRFA) has moved from the Worcester Regional Airport to the Southbridge Municipal Airport, and changed its name to AeroVenture Insitute (AVI), the organization announced this week.

Southborough-based Sevcon Inc., which makes microprocessor-based controls for electric and hybrid vehicles, attributed higher revenue and income in the second quarter to increased shipments across the majority of the company's markets.

Woburn-based LifeLine Ambulance Services has renewed its Worcester lease and expanded its fleet after signing contracts with several new health care facilities.

After five months of daily service out of Worcester Regional Airport, JetBlue has reached its 50,000th passenger,...

Weather-related disruptions put a dent in earnings for CSX Corp. in the first quarter, bringing net income down to $398 million, compared to $462 million in 2013, the freight carrier announced.

When it comes to the environment, the railroad industry's bona fides are clear — trains use far less fuel than trucks to move goods from one place to another and produce much less pollution. But Providence & Worcester Railroad is taking things one step further.