The Newport News Transportation Center Project (Project) aims to enhance transportation infrastructure in Southeastern Virginia by constructing two miles of new track, implementing a switch connection from the newly built track to the mainline, and...

FRA sponsored a study by Southwest Research Institute to conduct research and testing of a cryogenic storage tank in Liquefied Natural...

As part of a series of impact tests, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) sponsored a research team from Transportation Technology...

Environmental Assessment

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) completed the Environmental Assessment (EA) for the  proposed replacement of the Connecticut River Bridge. The...

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) sponsored Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) to define the requirements for Interoperable Employee-In-Charge (EIC) Portable Remote Terminal (PRT) functionality for use with Positive Train Control (...

From September 2018 to September 2021, the Federal Railroad Administration contracted Sharma & Associates to conduct an analysis of simulation results from a 5,000-mile mini-network, scaled up to represent characteristics of the North American...