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Friday, July 30, 2010
State Has Received $1.7 Million of Its $151 Million from Economic Recovery Act
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced $727,000 for the State of New York to continue work on its high-speed rail program with...
Friday, July 30, 2010
State Has Received $1.7 Million of Its $151 Million from Economic Recovery Act
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced $727,000 for the State of New York to continue work on its high-speed rail program with...
Friday, August 6, 2010
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is soliciting research proposals to foster rapid development of high-speed and intercity passenger rail service technologies in the United States....
Monday, December 07, 1998 (Washington, DC) U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater today presented the department’s Award for Heroism to Norfolk Southern Railroad Conductor Robert Mohr for saving the life of a 19-month-old baby girl in Lafayette, Ind.
During the ceremony,...
Monday, February 23, 1998 (Washington, DC)
The U.S. Department of Transportation today submitted its final brief to the Surface Transportation Board (STB) addressing the proposed acquisition of Conrail by CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT), and Norfolk Southern Railroad (NS), urging that...
Friday, August 6, 2010
Federal Railroad Administration Announces High-Speed Rail Grants. Colorado has received $400,000 and Vermont $500,000 under the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail (HSIPR) Program grant program funded...
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph Szabo today praised the work of the Switching Operations Fatality Analysis (SOFA) Working Group and issued a call to action for the rail industry to take steps to help prevent railroad employee deaths.
...Monday, August 16, 2010
In an overwhelming show of support for the Administration’s high-speed rail initiative, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood today announced that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has received 77 applications from 25 states for...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced the first-ever uniform technical standards for the manufacture of high-speed intercity passenger rail cars, a development that will enhance the ability of U.S. manufacturers to compete in what is set to become...
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Battle Creek Station Rehabilitation Project Funded by First Installment of $40 Million from Recovery Act
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced $3.6 million for the State of Michigan to begin work...