DOT Digest: FRA Grants for Portland & Western RR, Sumpter Valley RR, Rail-Related Suicide Research, and High Speed Rail Grade Crossing Upgrades

Friday, August 24, 2007 (Washington, DC) DOT Announces $3.1 Million for New Transportation Research. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Research and Innovative Technology Administration announced the award of a total of $3.1 million for seven U.S. universities to work with the...

FRA Proposed Rule Promotes Adoption of Advanced Train Braking Technology To Improve Rail Safety and Efficiency

Tuesday, September 04, 2007 (Washington, DC) Advanced brake technology will enable locomotive engineers to significantly improve train control and allow trains to safely travel longer distances between required brake tests under new proposed federal rules, announced U.S. Transportation Secretary...

DOT Digest: FRA Grants to Short Line Railroads and for Rail-Related Research

Friday, September 21, 2007 (Washington, DC) BTS Releases 2006 Border-Crossing Data. The number of trucks entering the United States from Canada and Mexico was 11.4 million in 2006, 0.5 percent higher than in 2005, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of...

34 States Have Fewer Train Accidents During First Six Months of 2007; Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Collisions and Fatalities Show Significant Declines

Monday, September 24, 2007 (Washington, DC) Railroad safety continued to improve significantly during the first half of 2007 as 34 states experienced fewer train derailments and collisions as compared to the same period last year, Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph H. Boardman announced today...

DOT Grants $12.8 Million to First Responders and Emergency Workers to Improve Hazardous Materials Planning and Training

Monday, October 01, 2007 (Washington, DC) U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters today announced grants to states, territories and Native American tribes totaling $12.8 million for planning and training to improve the nation’s response to hazardous materials transportation incidents...

America’s First "Smart" Highway-Rail Crossing is Dedicated in Groton, Connecticut

Wednesday, August 26, 1998 (Washington, DC ) America’s First "Smart" Highway-Rail Crossing is Dedicated in Groton, Connecticut

Federal Railroad Administrator Jolene M. Molitoris today participated in the dedication of a new advanced technology gate system at the School Street...

Nation’s First Freight Train Equipped with New, Safer Brake Technology Begins Operations

Thursday, October 11, 2007 (Washington, DC) The first train fully equipped with electronically controlled pneumatic (ECP) brake technology began hauling coal today in southwestern Pennsylvania under a waiver approved by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), announced Administrator Joseph H...

11/15/07 Statement from Federal Railroad Administration on the Safety of Tunnels on the Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad

Thursday, November 15, 2007 (Washington, DC)

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11/15/07 Statement from Federal Railroad Administration on the Safety of Tunnels on the Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) concurs with the findings of a detailed engineering report commissioned by the Central Oregon and Pacific (CORP) Railroad...

FRA Moves To New Office

Wednesday, November 28, 2007 (Washington, DC)

The Federal Railroad Administration offices will be closed during the afternoon of Thursday, November 29 and all day Friday, November 30 as it moves into its new building. FRA employees will be available via phone and e-mail during this...