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Wednesday, May 14, 2008 (Washington, D.C.)
The number of train accidents has decreased by 23.3 percent in the past three years in part because the Department has completed an ambitious plan designed to improve safety on the Nation’s railroads, announced U.S. Secretary of...
Friday, June 06, 2008 (Washington, D.C.)
News DigestFRA Grant Aids Development of Emergency Response Training . The Federal Railroad Administration is providing a $250,000 grant to the Southeastern Transportation Safety Center in Meridian, Miss. to develop emergency response...
Thursday, June 12, 2008 (Washington, D.C.)
Several safety initiatives designed to reduce collisions between motor vehicles and trains will be completed before the end of 2008 as part of the ongoing U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Highway-Rail Crossing Safety and Trespass...
Friday, June 13, 2008 (Washington, D.C)
News DigestBTS Releases Special Report on Trade Growth and Transportation . The Bureau of Transportation Statistics has released U.S.-China Trade Growth and America’s Transportation System , a special report about the increase of traffic at...
Monday, June 30, 2008 (Washington, DC)
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters announced today a new rule that will make it more difficult for transportation workers to cheat on their required drug tests by requiring drug testing labs to analyze every test for tampering.“We...
Friday, July 11, 2008 (Washington, D.C)
News DigestFRA Issues Final Rule for Rail Relocation and Improvement Grant Program The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has issued a Final Rule detailing the eligibility requirements and selection criteria for capital grants under the Rail...
Friday, July 18, 2008 (Washington, D.C)
FRA Issues Proposed Rule to Improve Protection for Railroad Roadway Workers . The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to improve protection for roadway workers from train or equipment movements on an...
Monday, July 21, 2008 (Washington, D.C)
Deputy Secretary of Transportation Vice Admiral Thomas J. Barrett today announced a $1.015 million grant to continue federal support of public education efforts to reduce collisions between trains and motor vehicles at highway-rail grade crossings...
Friday, July 25, 2008 (Washington, D.C)
FRA Grant Supports New Technology to Increase Reliability of Rail Flaw Detection . The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has awarded a grant totaling $231,802 to the University of California at San Diego to refine hardware and software for new...
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 (Washington, D.C)
ATLANTA – A clean and historic break with the past is needed to encourage the future vitality of our country’s transportation network, said U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters, who today unveiled the Bush Administration’...