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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.
Read More →The 8th World Congress on High-Speed Rail will address strategic issues linked to the national and international development of high-speed rail systems will be addressed at this global event.
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Title: Deputy Administrator Organization: Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation City: Washington, D.C.
Read More →Proposed amendments would eliminate the need to perform analyses on forgoing PTC installation and rerouting shipments of some hazardous materials off a rail line. Lines used to provide passenger service would still require PTC. Affected railroads are expected to realize an estimated cost savings of $340 million in the first several years
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Implementation is mandated for all rail providers by 2015 by the federal Rail Safety Improvement Act.
Read More →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.
Read More →This is the largest loan issued through the FRA’s Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing program to date. The locomotives are more energy-efficient and will enable Amtrak to improve frequency, performance and reliability for regional and intercity routes along the Northeast and Keystone Corridors.
Read More →President William A. Millar said that the $2 billion that the FRA distributed to several states across the U.S. will help move forward projects already under way, and create thousands of jobs.
Read More →Selected 15 states and Amtrak to receive $2.02 billion for 22 high-speed intercity passenger rail projects. Twenty-four states, the District of Columbia and Amtrak submitted nearly 100 applications.
Read More →The states submitted nearly $10 billion in funding requests. The Federal Railroad Administration will begin its official review of the applications. A merit-driven process will be used to award the $2.4 billion to projects that can deliver public and economic benefits quickly.
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