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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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The 11.7-mile heavy rail line will be an extension to the existing Metrorail system and is projected to serve 85,700 daily riders by 2030, including an estimated 10,000 new daily transit riders.
Read More →New Passenger and Train Information System (PTIS) includes the ability to precisely locate each train and calculate minute-accurate train arrival times to LED signs at all stations.
Read More →Two contracts, which cover work on passenger railways serving the cities of Chennai and Kolkata, will leverage AECOM’s design as well as project and construction management services. AECOM will perform the work on both projects as a part of joint ventures.
Read More →Long concerned about the effect of human fatigue in transportation and the consequences of fatigue on those who perform critical functions in all modes of transportation, the NTSB has issued more than 100 fatigue related recommendations in all modes of transportation.
Read More →Public transportation use is up 38 percent since 1995, a figure that is almost triple the growth rate of the population (14 percent) and up substantially over the growth rate for the vehicle miles traveled (VMT) on U.S. highways (21 percent) for that same period.
Read More →On-board computers will provide automatic next stop announcements and communicate vehicle location and event messages to the central computer-aided dispatch/automatic vehicle location system.
Read More →A CHSRA team, led by Chairman Quentin Kopp, will travel to Washington next week to meet with President Obama administration officials and Congressional leaders as the details of the high-speed train funding are being worked out.
Read More →NTSB: cell phone use a threat. Advocates urge Md. leaders to focus on transit. CTA selling, leasing surplus properties.
Read More →In addition, commuters who ride public transit to work are now eligible to receive an increase in the monthly transit benefit offered by their employer. The maximum transit benefit is now equal to the parking benefit and increases from $120 to $230 per month.
Read More →The company will implement a supervisory control system using its Advanced Information Management software platform.
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