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Officials believe transit options, such as train service, could ease traffic congestion between Portland and the Lewiston-Auburn area.
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While not all proposed projects can be funded, the U.S. Department of Transportation will work with states and regions to identify priorities and prepare for ongoing high-speed passenger rail development.
Read More →A final report on a train collision earlier this year determined an inattentive engineer to be the cause.
Read More →High Rise Legal Funding analyzed bus fatality data from 2010-2022 from the Bureau of Transport Statistics as well as rail accident data for 2022 from the Federal Railroad Administration for its latest study.
Read More →Money to fund refining hardware and software for new technology that uses laser ultrasonic probes to detect certain internal rail defects.
Read More →Study to focus on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Acute Distress Disorder, conditions frequently suffered by train crews after being involved in collisions at highway-rail grade crossings or trespass incidents involving pedestrians.
Read More →Nine of the projects were selected to specifically address safety at highway-rail grade crossings, and deter illegal trespassing, which is the leading cause of rail-related deaths in America.
Read More →The updates would offer an alternative method for evaluating how well passengers and crews are protected in an accident, often called crashworthiness.
Read More →Will update electrical systems and tracks between Trenton, N.J. and New York City, resulting in improved on-time performance and reliability and will add routes that allow Amtrak trains to bypass the busiest passenger rail junction in the nation. The improvements will allow for the fastest passenger train speeds attained in North America to date.
Read More →States must receive FTA certification by April 15, 2019 or new federal transit funds cannot be awarded.
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