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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 federal-state partnerships will support projects designed to cut delays and expand capacity on existing intercity passenger rail routes and help provide new services where none currently exist.
Read More →The current round of report cards ask riders to grade the system based on the progress that has been made since the initial report cards were distributed.
Read More →The legislation combines the substance of Amtrak reauthorization legislation that passed both houses earlier this year (H.R. 6003) with an improved version of the Federal Railroad Safety Improvement Act of 2007 (H.R. 2095), which originally passed the House in 2007.
Read More →Under the agreement, US&S will design, supply and install a signal system for 6.2 miles of track along the Yonge-University-Spadina Line, Toronto's oldest and busiest subway line.
Read More →When fully implemented, 75 percent of residents in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area will live within 1.2 miles of rapid transit, compared to just 42 percent currently.
Read More →Bus drivers aid in evacuation effort. Federal government rejects transit security grant request. Congress reaches rail safety bill agreement.
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Transit operations are using new applications to streamline their customer service systems, resulting in improved productivity and reduced costs. Feedback from customers is also being elicited to help improve transit services.
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Visionaries in the rail industry are working to change the mindset and culture of rail work and safe performance. Preventive measures, such as removing barriers to safety and ensuring thorough training, are rapidly reducing safety risks and injuries.
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The two contracts for the supply of 58 Bombardier Traxx locomotives from the leasing company Railpool amount to approximately $276 million.
Read More →Two pending bills in the Congress would begin to address the need for PTC by requiring Class I railroads to implement PTC in the coming years.
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