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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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New Jersey Transit had 23% of its railcars and 35% of its engines damaged or destroyed during the storm. The agency has not yet determined what can be repaired.
Read More →Sixty-two percent of Virginia Beach voters supported a referendum for the city to expand light rail out to the beach. A similar measure was defeated in 1999.
Read More →Officials proposed to move a station planned for Escondido closer to Valley Parkway and route the trains through the city closer to the highway. This is intended to reduce the number of houses and commercial properties that would have to be demolished for the project.
Read More →Twenty-one measures with a significant transit component were considered by voters in 12 states. Fourteen measures were approved; one remains undecided as votes continue to be counted in Pierce County, Wash.; and two more public transit measures will be decided in Los Angeles and Kansas City, Mo. next month.
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The CoPilot, a versatile onboard video surveillance and driver behavior modification system, features dual built-in cameras; real-time driver alerts; continuous capture; wireless upload; solid state storage; passive GPS and a three-axis G-Force inertia sensor.
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Stertil-Koni’s free-standing rolling pit jack, with a capacity of 30,000 pounds, is designed to safely operate on the pit fl oor entirely independent of upper pit edges.
Read More →If all measures are approved, more than $100 billion in new local funding would be invested in transportation.
Read More →Provides for afternoon and evening shifts, which will be paid at straight time instead of overtime, and there will be greater flexibility in shift starting times. These are changes that will save around $750,000 annually.
Read More →Eligible operators are public entities that operate fixed-route bus service with 100 or fewer buses in maximum peak hour service. This provision does not affect the continued availability of operating assistance for public transportation operators in urbanized areas with populations between 50,000 and 199,999.
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