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Enables California, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan and Missouri to purchase next-generation, American-made trains. Trains will be designed to travel more than 110 mph along intercity passenger corridors.
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Also unveils a new Notice of Proposed Rulemaking intended to improve the integrity of passenger train exterior side door safety systems.
Read More →Emergency communication, evacuation features to be enhanced.
Read More →As of Dec. 31, systems were in RSD or operation on 55,601 route miles — 96.3% of the nearly 58,000 route miles subject to the mandate.
Read More →The regulatory reform allows rail testing vehicles to move without stopping along the track, potentially decreasing passenger and freight train delays associated with routine inspections.
Read More →Will perform engineering and operations services to support the development and application of advanced research and technologies for enhanced rail safety.
Read More →Deputy Federal Railroad Administrator Karen Rae was selected by the Women’s Transportation Seminar for her 35 years of knowledge and expertise, and her decades of leadership building transit and passenger rail systems across the country.
Read More →The CRISI grant program also directs investment to rural America, with at least 25% of available funds reserved for projects in rural communities.
Read More →Requires railroads to install signs at highway-rail grade and pathway crossings with telephone numbers the public can use to alert railroad companies to unsafe conditions.
Read More →Goal is to raise awareness and ensure universal compliance with safety rules that protect employees who must physically place themselves between rolling equipment in the normal course of their work. Recommendations include ensuring the use of sound communication protocols to notify employees when going between two pieces of rolling equipment.
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