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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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Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph C. Szabo joined Union Pacific, senior railroad industry leaders and labor officials at a kick-off event to highlight the dangers of using electronic devices on the job.
Read More →Report said the agency launched a probe into its Superstorm Sandy preparations, looking primarily at the decision to store trains in areas that ended up getting flooded. The potential damage could cost millions and may have been preventable.
Read More →Despite facing another uphill battle with the General Assembly after a defeat last year, will re-introduce a plan that asks two counties to increase local income taxes by 0.3%. The funds would double bus service and add light rail and express transit service.
Read More →Said the cost of delaying the project outweighed the risk to farmers and others along the route whose property would be affected.
Read More →Signing is the final step of the FTA’s New Starts federal funding process for new rail systems, and makes available $200 million to the Honolulu rail project for fiscal year 2012.
Read More →The right-of-way agreement is contingent upon LVRE fulfilling a variety of conditions in a specified time frame.
Read More →The project, which begins in spring 2013, will completely rebuild the 43-year-old Red Line South — including all track, ties, ballast and drainage systems — from Cermak-Chinatown to 95th Street.
Read More →Design is expected to be complete by April 2013. Construction is expected to be complete by June 2014.
Read More →Will assume his new role at the High Speed Rail Conference in Los Angeles in December.
Read More →Has accepted the position of executive director for Transportation California and plans to leave the agency in February 2013.
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