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Friday, July 2, 2010 Washington, DC
News Digest
FRA Begins New Research Project on the Impact of Traumatic Stress on Train Crews. The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) invites qualified researchers to apply for $50,000 in grant funding to initiate a study of...
Tuesday, Jul 6, 2010 Washington, DC
Washington, D.C. – In January, President Obama announced that Maine was awarded $35 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds for the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority (NNEPRA). Today, U.S....
Monday, July 12, 2010
Amount Represents First Installment on $545 Million from Recovery Act
In January, President Obama announced that North Carolina was awarded $545 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds to continue its...
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Federal Railroad Administrator (FRA) Joseph Szabo today announced a Final Rule requiring railroad track owners to adopt and follow specific procedures to protect the safety of their bridges, and to strengthen federal oversight of railroad bridge...
Thursday, July 29, 2010
State Has Received $52.2 Million of $822 Million Awarded from Economic Recovery Act
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle today signed an agreement providing $46.5 million in American...
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...