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FRA Announces Landmark Achievement with Full Implementation of Positive Train Control
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced today that positive train control (PTC) technology is in operation on all 57,536 required freight and passenger railroad route miles, prior to the statutory deadline of December 31, 2020, set by...
FRA Publishes Final Rule for State Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Action Plans
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) published a final rule requiring 40 states and the District of Columbia to develop and implement highway-rail grade crossing action plans to improve public safety. In addition, the rule requires 10 states...
Federal Railroad Administration Modernizes Brake Safety Standards
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today issued a final rule, extending the amount of time freight rail equipment can be left off-air (meaning parked with its air brake system depressurized) before requiring a new brake inspection, which is expected to...
Federal Railroad Administration Publishes Railroads’ Third Quarter 2020 Positive Train Control Implementation Status Updates
PTC systems governing operations on 99.6% of all 57,537 PTC-mandated route milesFRA Publishes Final Rule Establishing Metrics and a Minimum Standard to Measure the Performance and Service Quality of Intercity Passenger Rail
U.S Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590 www.transportation.gov/briefingroom News
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today published a final rule setting forth...
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao Announces $291 Million in ‘State of Good Repair’ Grants to Improve the Reliability and Safety of America’s Rail Network
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao today announced an investment of more than $291 million in grants for 11 intercity passenger rail projects in nine states through the Federal-State Partnership for State of Good Repair Program (Partnership Program).U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao Launches Stop. Trains Can’t. Awareness Campaign to Save Lives at Railroad Grade Crossings
$6.6 million nationwide campaign runs through November 8U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces Over $1.2 Million for Capital Improvements in Alaska
U.S Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590 www.transportation.gov/briefingroom News
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has selected five projects in two states...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces Over $5.6 Million for Rail Capital Projects in South Dakota
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has selected five projects in two states to receive more than $6.9 million in Special Transportation Circumstances (STC) Grants made available by the Consolidated Appropriations Acts of 2019 and 2020. This...