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For Fiscal Year 2015, the agency will collect 75% of all civil penalties it issued to railroads for violating federal safety regulations — a 6% increase over FY2014, and the largest percentage rate ever collected by the agency.
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The information about close call incidents enables the railroad to identify factors that contribute to accidents or injuries and to correct these problems before they result in harm.
Read More →Bonnie Murphy is a veteran of both the railroad industry and the federal government with 30 years of professional railroad experience and 10 years of executive-level government experience.
Read More →The animated video public service announcement is the first in a new series drawing attention to the illegal and dangerous activity of train track photos.
Read More →The Tier 1 Draft EIS includes alternative visions for investment in the NEC. The visions range from maintaining the current level of investment and service to significant investment that would dramatically increase rail’s role in transportation for the Northeast.
Read More →In a letter from Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx, he explained that under MAP-21 the FTA has expanded authority and should assume oversight instead of FRA.
Read More →The 162-mile route between the two cities in North Carolina and Virginia would utilize existing and former rail lines for approximately 60% of the route and is planned to be free from at-grade crossings of track and roads.
Read More →Some members of Congress have proposed pushing back the deadline, with the Senate recently passing a bill that would extend the deadline to 2018.
Read More →Only about a third of Amtrak’s 31.6 million passengers in fiscal 2013 traveled on its own tracks, so the majority may be affected if the freight railroads curtail or stop services.
Read More →According to the agency, the train station lacks required public telephone technology for people who are deaf or hard of hearing; does not provide a visual information system for passengers waiting outside on platforms to update them about delays and schedule changes.
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