FRA intends to evaluate and potentially amend, as appropriate, its method for calculating the monetary threshold for accident/incident reporting in the future and, as a result, the formula utilized to calculate the threshold may change.
The New York State Department of Transportation will provide the final design and construction of track reconfiguration and replacement and signal system improvements along Amtrak's Empire Corridor.
Raymond Diaz will oversee security for the agency, including coordinating security efforts with the Department of Homeland Security, FBI, the National Guard, NYPD and State Police, as well as the MTA Police Department.
The two-year pilot program, Metro ArlingtonXpress, has been logging about 250 passenger trips a day since it opened in August 2013.
Agency estimates nearly 1,800 jobs have been created during construction of the two new light rail lines.
The funds will be awarded on a competitive basis for projects that protect critical transit infrastructure from being damaged or destroyed by future natural disasters.
The program expanded to provide service to disabled and low-income residents, as well as deliver Meals on Wheels.
Worked in the transportation field for 41 years and was considered by his colleagues to be one of North America's leading motorcoach safety experts.
The program has trained nearly 1,500 human services professionals since its inception in 2011. In FY 2013 alone, the program has trained 752 individuals at 46 different non-profit agencies and schools.
The upgrade will increase the safety and reliability of the line and support the LIRR’s planned PTC system.
Including this option, nine Regions have ordered a total of 159 Regio 2N EMUs. The delivery of the additional trains will take place from June 2016 until April 2017.
The deal settles a dispute over paid medical leave for employees that arose last month after the two sides had approved an October agreement that ended the second of two strikes BART workers staged this year.
The contract extension comes in the context of the need to issue a request for proposals for the service, and the Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority’s possible implementation of a five-year transit improvement plan.
Calls on FTA to issue a directive to all rail transit agencies to require redundant protection for railway right-of-way workers, such as positive train control, secondary warning devices, or the use of a shunt — a safety device workers attach to rails that results in approaching trains receiving a stop signal.
Jumped up from ninth place in 2012 in rankings among large federal agencies released by the Partnership for Public Service. Marks a continued turnaround for the department that in 2009 ranked last in the survey.
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