Friday, November 07, 2008 (Washington, DC) BTS Posts Air Cargo Carrier Snapshots. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has posted snapshots for 24 air cargo carriers on its website. The snapshots provide the most recent domestic data for each of the carriers, including: Summary Data on revenue ton-miles, cargo and markets served, top domestic markets, revenues and costs, top origin and destination city-pairs, and fuel efficiency. Snapshots are available on the website for carriers with more than $20 million annual revenue, as with the passenger carrier snapshots posted previously. To view a carrier snapshot, go to http://www.transtats.bts.gov/carriers.asp . Click on the link for “cargo” for cargo carriers or “passenger” for passenger carriers. BTS’ Air Freight Summary web page, with monthly revenue ton-mile data by carrier, can be found here: http://www.transtats.bts.gov/freight.asp . Contact: Dave Smallen (202) 366-5568.

FRA Announces Disaster Relief Funding for Small Railroads Beginning November 16, 2008, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) will accept applications from states for $20 million in grant funding to help small Class II and Class III railroads that sustained infrastructure damage as a result of recent natural disasters. Under the Railroad Rehabilitation and Repair Grant Program, federal grant funds may be used to repair and rehabilitate damage to railroad infrastructure sustained due to hurricanes, floods, and similar events in counties declared to be major disasters by the President from January 1 to November 6, 2008. Among the possible uses of the funds are restoration of railroad rights-of-way, bridges, and signals. Prospective grantees must exhaust all other federal and state resources prior to seeking assistance under this program.Additional information about the Railroad Rehabilitation and Repair Program can be found at /Pages/2081.shtml. Contact: Warren Flatau (202) 493-6024.

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