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The FAST Act required the regulation, and the regulation also responds to a National Transportation Safety Board recommendation with the aim to enhance safety across the passenger rail industry.
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The project will improve safety at the Doran Street crossing, which has one of the highest numbers of safety-related incidents involving vehicles, bicycles, or pedestrians in Los Angeles County.
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The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) has been awarded up to $5,000,000 to establish the National University Rail Center of Excellence (NURail CoE).
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The funding is the largest amount ever awarded for rail safety and rail supply chain upgrades through the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements program.
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The program will provide federal funding for projects to upgrade and safeguard rail infrastructure in Alaska, South Dakota, and Wyoming.
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Delivery is scheduled to begin in 2026.
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Nationally, the RCE Program will provide over $570 million in funding for 63 projects in 32 states.
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Countless commuters and travelers depend on the nation’s railroads every day. However, in 2022 there were 1,164 train derailments across the U.S., according to the FRA. That’s an average of about three derailments per day.
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FRA looks to regional partnerships to help implement a new project alternative and ensure Union Station remains in sound fiscal condition.
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The FRA issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the availability of $5.8 million in funding for the Interstate Rail Compacts (IRC) Program.
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