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Amtrak Fiscal Year 1991 Grant Request & Justification

Amtrak requests an FY91 grant of $684.0 million to continue operation of its existing national system, provide a portion of the funding required for current critical capital needs and a major equipment order to provide much needed capacity, and to allow for the continued reduction of federal...

Amtrak Mission Statement

During the ensuing eight years, much has been tried, much has been learned. Thanks to the Amtrak experience of the last several years, we as a board can say with some confidence what the mission and purpose of Amtrak should be. Wit the value of hindsight, we conclude that the statement of...

Amtrak Fiscal Year 1993 Grant Request & Justification

Amtrak requests $631 million of Federal funding in FY93 in order to continue operation of its existing national system, provide funding for both current critical capital needs and to partially fund additional car and locomotive acquisitions required to provide operations. In addition, Amtrak...

An Analysis Of Amtrak's Five Year Plan

Amtrak's 5-year plan requests that the Congress increase the Federal operating grant from the $545 million requested in fiscal year 1978 to $876 million in 1982, an increase of $331 million. This study describes assumptions about inflation and improved efficiency contained in the Amtrak plan. it...

1995 Amtrak Grant Request and Justification

Investment in Amtrak's equipment and facilities over the past two decades has been insufficient to address deferred maintenance and to replace cars and locomotives that should have been retired long ago...

Electronically Controlled Pneumatic Braking - Regulatory Impact Analysis

In response to the mandate of § 7311(c) of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) updated the regulatory impact analysis (RIA) issued with the Pipeline and Hazardous...

Notice of the Department of Transportation's Decision on ECP Braking

In this notice, the Department of Transportation is announcing that after careful review, and as mandated by Section 7311 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, the Department of Transportation has reviewed the final updated Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) and determined...