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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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Systems have stepped up safety patrols in response to a DHS advisory connected to an FBI investigation of a possible U.S. terror cell and an alleged plot to use hydrogen peroxide explosives.
Read More →Changes include refreshed the layout of bus section, and the addition of trip planning tools, interactive maps, an events calendar and a “Share the Ride” section.
Read More →Cell phones can only be used when the operator is on layover, the vehicle is stopped, the parking brake is set, and they have left the driver’s seat. The same rules apply if an operator has to use a personal cell phone to contact a dispatcher.
Read More →For the first time ever the maps will display connections to key bus routes to and from subway stations.
Read More →The Federal Transit Administration reviewed more than $2 billion in applications for these funds.
Read More →The new program, managed by a partnership between the U.S. Department of Transportation and Spelman College, is part of a broader effort, led by the White House, to ensure that federal programs and policies take into account the distinct needs and concerns of women and girls.
Read More →The new model from the X’Trapolis product platform features bogie offset articulation, which reduces the number of bogies by up to 30 percent, increasing aisle and gangway space, and making the train 28 percent lighter.
Read More →The city partnered with the Port of Chelan, Chelan County Commissioners, Washington State Senator Linda Evans Parlette and U.S. Senator Patty Murray as they worked with Amtrak and BNSF representatives on the project.
Read More →The three components of the project - replacing the outdated Transbay Terminal with a modern transit hub; extending the Caltrain rail line 1.3 miles into the heart of the Financial District; and redeveloping the area surrounding the Transbay Transit Center with 2,600 new homes (35 percent affordable), parks and a retail main street - will help to return San Francisco to a culture of mass transit.
Read More →The latest on-board survey, conducted in June 2009, increases the number of satisfied riders by two percent compared with the last survey, which was conducted in the spring of 2008.
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