Press Releases
FRA Makes Over $139 Million in Funds Available to Rural States to Improve Safety and Enhance Efficiency of Rail Infrastructure
Special Transportation Circumstances Projects will help link states lacking intercity passenger rail service and improve rail infrastructure
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today issued a...
Readout of Federal Railroad Administration Meeting with Labor Representatives in East Palestine, O.H.
EAST PALESTINE, OH — On Monday, June 12, FRA Administrator Amit Bose and FRA Chief Safety Officer Karl Alexy traveled to East Palestine, Ohio, to meet with members and representatives from multiple unions to discuss ongoing U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) efforts to improve freight...
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Funding for 63 Projects in 32 States That Will Help Reduce Train-Vehicle Collisions and Blocked Rail Crossings in the U.S.
President Biden’s historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law includes the first-ever dedicated grant program to help communities eliminate points where railroad tracks intersect with roads, which have blocked vehicle and pedestrian traffic, led to deadly vehicle-rail...
FRA Releases Washington Union Station Expansion Project Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement
FRA looks to regional partnerships to help implement a new project alternative and ensure Union Station remains in sound fiscal condition
On May 12, 2023, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) released a Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (...
Biden-Harris Administration, USDOT Make Funds Available Through New Program to Help States Advance Intercity Passenger Rail Development
Interstate Rail Compacts Program will help foster essential partnership agreements between states to develop passenger rail service
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) announcing the availability of $5.8...