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Budget cuts are achieved by zeroing out federal support for Amtrak’s long-distance train services, limiting federal funding for the FTA’s Capital Investment Program to projects with an existing FFGA, and eliminating funding for the TIGER discretionary grant program.
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The draft report presented to the five NTSB members will include the following issue areas: survival factors, driver background and human factors, highway design, vehicle factors, motor carrier oversight, and the company operating and safety history.
Read More →This is the first shutdown of a passenger carrier following the deployment earlier this month of more than 50 specially trained safety investigators targeting high-risk passenger carriers.
Read More →The expanded drug and alcohol rule fulfills a requirement of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008
Read More →The TIGER 2012 discretionary grant will improve the reliability and safety of the Wayne Junction Power Substation by replacing 25 indoor and outdoor rail breakers, transformers, cut-out switches, relays, and control equipment.
Read More →The final rule responds to a Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) mandate requiring states to develop and implement, or update, if applicable, action plans.
Read More →Meets Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 121 Reduced Stopping Distance requirements. Is now available through leading replacement parts distributors.
Read More →Lack of adequate sleep affected driver’s awareness of his vehicle's excessive speed and lane position on a downhill mountain grade of a rural secondary road.
Read More →Raleigh, N.C. is one of the first stops on the Obama Administration’s “Build Week,” a week-long tour by the Administration officials to showcase projects that are already making a big difference in the economy by spurring private sector investment and creating jobs in the communities where they are being built.
Read More →Michelle Petelicki, president of New Jersey’s Panorama Tours, joins METRO’s Executive Editor Alex Roman to discuss how the motorcoach industry is in fact sustainable, the impact of the ABA’s report, and much more.
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