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Thursday, July 15, 1999 (Washington, DC )
U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater today announced the release of a Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) study which concludes that enhancing the visibility of freight train cars with reflective material could help prevent collisions...
Friday, July 23, 1999 (Washington, DC)
U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater today announced financial assistance grants totaling $6.95 million to eight federally-designated high-speed rail corridors to eliminate hazards at public and private highway-rail grade crossings.
...Monday, August 02, 1999 (Washington, DC)
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Rodney E. Slater and Federal Railroad Administrator Jolene M. Molitoris today sent to Congress the "Federal Railroad Safety Enhancement Act of 1999" to help achieve the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA...
Tuesday, August 10, 1999 (Washington, DC)
Federal Railroad Administrator Jolene M. Molitoris today joined United States Attorney Edward L. Dowd Jr. and Missouri’s Division of Motor Carrier and Railroad Safety Director Stephen R. Waters to report that Superior Hauling and Fast...
Friday, August 13, 1999 (Washington, DC)
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Rodney E. Slater today announced the award of $7 million in federal funding to continue the partnership between the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and Bombardier Transit Corporation in producing a prototype...
Wednesday, February 25, 1998 (Washington, DC) Progress Noted on UP Safety Assurance Measures FRA RELEASES SAFETY REPORT ON UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD AUDIT
Continuing its comprehensive review of safety on the Union Pacific Railroad, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today released a...
Monday, August 30, 1999 (Washington, DC)
U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater today announced a public-private partnership to improve rail passenger safety by conducting a series of full-scale passenger train crash tests this fall at the DOT Transportation Technology Center (...
Thursday, September 23, 1999 (Washington, DC )
U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater today announced that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is expanding its safety oversight to include activities specifically targeted at reducing railroad accidents caused by human error...
Friday, October 01, 1999 (Washington DC )
U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater and Federal Railroad Administrator Jolene M. Molitoris today announced the publication of a new report showing dramatic improvement in the safety of the nation’s railroads as a result of the...
Friday, October 01, 1999 (Washington, DC )
U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater today announced a $27,000 Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) grant to the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation to conduct a feasibility study and prepare an implementation plan...