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Newsby StaffMay 29, 2020

FTA makes $1.25M available for real-time infrastructure, rolling stock demo program

The competitive grant funds are provided through the Public Transportation Innovation Program.

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Newsby StaffMay 18, 2020

FRA report looks at PTC progress

Work remains as 63.2% of all commuter railroads’ cumulative required route miles were PTC-governed as of March 31, an 8.5% increase since last quarter.

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Newsby StaffMay 6, 2020

FRA awards $22M to 3 rail projects

Funding under this program was made available by the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, and the Consolidated Appropriations Acts of 2019, 2018, and 2017.

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Newsby StaffMay 5, 2020

Building America's Future urges Congress to include infrastructure in next COVID-19 package

Congress and the Trump Administration are considering a fifth COVID-19 response package to address the health, financial, and economic wreckage caused by the pandemic.

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Newsby StaffApril 23, 2020

MCI marks Earth Day with electric J4500, new ABB charger

MCI plans to make its battery-electric J4500e first full production model available for demonstrations to the many companies running employee shuttles in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Newsby StaffApril 21, 2020

Ben Franklin teams with Via to launch new on-demand, essential service

Under current emergency operating conditions, only one passenger will be allowed in each vehicle per trip, though the service is intended to and will eventually be a shared ride service.

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Newsby StaffApril 20, 2020

FRA makes $311M available for capital rail projects

The CRISI grant program also directs investment to rural America, with at least 25% of available funds reserved for projects in rural communities.

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Newsby StaffApril 10, 2020

FRA makes $1B available for Amtrak in response to COVID-19

The CARES Act funding will be used to offset the loss of ticket revenue.

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Newsby StaffMarch 30, 2020

Homeland Security Designates For-Hire Transportation as ‘Essential Critical Infrastructure’

This is the first time the private sector, for-hire transportation industry has been explicitly named as part of the nation's critical infrastructure at the federal level.

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Newsby StaffMarch 23, 2020

FRA seeks to gauge performance, service of intercity passenger rail

The rule would define Amtrak on-time performance and would set forth a minimum on-time performance standard of 80%.

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