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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...
Thursday, October 07, 1999 (Washington, DC)
U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater today announced an aggressive schedule to begin testing and demonstration of a prototype high-speed non-electric passenger locomotive on high-speed rail passenger corridors.
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Friday, October 08, 1999 (Washington, DC )
U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater today announced publication of an independent Y2K readiness assessment of America’s four largest freight railroads: Burlington Northern Santa Fe, CSX, Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific....
Friday, October 08, 1999 (Washington DC)
U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater today announced the award of a $340,000 Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) contract to Alta Transportation Consulting of San Rafael, Calif., for the development of a best practices report that will...
Friday, October 15, 1999 (Washington, DC ) U.S. Secretary of Transportation Rodney E. Slater today announced and transmitted to Congress the administration’s Surface Transportation Board (STB) reauthorization proposal that would allow for more competitive service, restore important...
Wednesday, October 20, 1999 (Washington, DC )
U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater today announced that Sgt. Gary W. Horton of the Erie County, New York, Sheriff’s Office has begun a one-year detail to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to serve as a national...
Friday, October 22, 1999 (Washington DC)
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Rodney E. Slater and Peruvian Minister of Transport, Communications, Housing and Construction Alberto Pandolfi today pledged their commitment to the exchange of information aimed at improving railroad safety in...