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FRA Announces $5.3B in Rail Investments, Including $2B for Amtrak
Funding will support grade-crossing improvements, infrastructure upgrades, and new Amtrak equipment in 23 states.
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SEARCHMENUSEARCHFunding will support grade-crossing improvements, infrastructure upgrades, and new Amtrak equipment in 23 states.
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Survey of more than 5,500 customers was conducted in August and has a margin of error of +/- 1.3 percent.
Read More →District has submitted an application to receive a portion of the $8 billion in federal stimulus funding for rail. The Obama administration identified Texas’ I-35 rail corridor as a priority area for future passenger rail.
Read More →New MassDOT appointee has a conflict of interest due to current membership on the MBTA Retirement Board, Sen. Baddour said.
Read More →When completed in June 2010, it will be the first real-time, high-bandwidth mobile wireless video surveillance subway system in Korea and the world, costing an estimated total of $60 million.
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Significant technological improvements have reduced the negative environmental impact of in-ground lifts. Types of lift designs available include multi-post runway, mobile, parallelogram, scissor, in-ground and surface-mounted.
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On the verge of receiving ARRA funding, many agencies were either left scrambling to stretch funds using ‘creative financing’ or playing it more conservatively. A new report calls for increased fed funding to help circumvent money woes should the economy, financial downturns worsen or occur again.
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This past summer saw three new light rail lines open in Dallas, Portland, Ore. and Seattle. With significant community support each city had successful rollouts, greater ridership than originally anticipated and voters are asking for more.
Read More →Most independent experts think that the stimulus spending has added at least one percentage point to economic growth in each of the last two quarters — not enough to create many new jobs, but a much better situation than the 18 months before.
Read More →Several recent reports and bills currently being considered by Congress provide some indication of the direction of the policy shifts being considered.
Read More →Costing at least $1.7 billion, the line will provide unprecedented transit opportunities for residents who so far have been under-served by the county's rail network.
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