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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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Oberstar told committee members his service has been a long, fulfilling and productive journey.
Read More →A Hawaii DOT report claims that general excise tax receipts dedicated to the rail system are likely to be nearly one third lower than anticipated in the project's current financial plan.
Read More →The agency will invest $10 million in beginning to replace approximately 400 Red Line track circuits, enabling it to run its trains in automatic mode. All 1,730 track circuits are slated for eventual replacement, at an estimated cost of $60.5 million.
Read More →The opinion said serving in leadership positions at local agencies coordinating routes and station development for the proposed $43-billion bullet train is legally "incompatible" with an appointment to the rail board under state law.
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The $3 million station, opened on the Blue Line in Gresham, was funded with $1.2 million from the Federal Transit Administration and $1.8 million from Oregon Metro. Plans for the station had been in the works since 1997 as the Gresham Civic Neighborhood developed.
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Gov. Christie's administration is completing plans to hire a Washington law firm to try to stop the FTA from collecting money.
Read More →The Administration raised concerns about how the transit agency is spending and accounting for funds drawn from a pool of approximately $182 million in grant money. Miami-Dade Transit Director Harpal Kapoor says the agency is addressing financial control issues and taking corrective action.
Read More →In reaction to the corruption scandal earlier this year involving the late Metra boss, Phil Pagano, two state legislators submitted measures that would replace all the board members of the Regional Transportation Authority, the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and Pace.
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Among the administration's responsibilities is overseeing the implementation of civil rights laws and regulations in the nation's transit agencies. These laws include Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance.
Read More →With a similar grant, Amtrak equipped a Heartland Flyer train operating between Oklahoma City, Okla. and Ft. Worth, Texas to run on a biodiesel blend known as B20, which is 20 percent pure biofuel and 80 percent diesel.
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