Development of New Federal Design Standards for Hazardous Materials Tank Cars to Benefit from Public-Private Partnership

Tuesday, January 16, 2007 (Washington, DC) In a move designed to aid in the development of new federal design standards for stronger and safer hazardous materials tank cars, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is joining forces with rail and chemical industry leaders to create the tank car...

FRA Inaugurates ‘New Era of Rail Safety’ with Approval of First Positive Train Control System Developed Under New Regulations

Monday, January 08, 2007 (Washington, DC) Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph H. Boardman today announced approval of the first Positive Train Control (PTC) system capable of automatically controlling train speed and movements to prevent certain accidents, including train collisions.

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Growing Economy Making it Easier for Roanoke Railroad Industry to Add Jobs, Federal Railroad Administrator Says on Day Government Announced More Than 167,000 Jobs Were Created in December

Friday, January 05, 2007 (Washington, DC) Roanoke, VA – On the day the government announced that over 167,000 new jobs were created in the U.S. in December, the nation’s top railroad official was in Roanoke to see how companies like Norfolk Southern and FreightCar America are adding...

Portal Bridge FEIS; Increase in Civil Penalties Final Rule; Notice of Intent for CA High Speed Train EIS Between San Francisco and San Jose

Wednesday, December 31, 2008 (Washington, DC)

FRA Issues Record of Decision for the Replacement of 100 Year-Old Portal Bridge Over Hackensack River in New Jersey. The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has issued a Record of Decision for the Final Environmental Impact...

FRA Begins Development of Positive Train Control Regulations

Monday, December 22, 2008 (Washington, DC) The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is moving forward with developing new rules that prescribe how railroads should implement Positive Train Control (PTC) systems to prevent train-to-train collisions, announced FRA Acting Administrator Clifford C...

U.S. Department of Transportation Signs Agreement with Kansas City Southern Railway to Relieve Freight Congestion at Laredo Border

Friday, December 19, 2008 (Washington, DC) U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs Washington, D.C. www.dot.gov/affairs/briefing.htm News

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Statement of Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph H. Boardman on Rail Safety Issues in New York

Tuesday, March 13, 2007 (Washington, DC) The train accident in Oneida, New York and other recent major rail accidents in New York State are of great concern to me and over the past 90-days I have directed the Federal Railroad Administration to take aggressive steps to find out what went wrong....

Train Accidents Decline for Second Year in a Row Preliminary 2006 Safety Data Show

Wednesday, March 07, 2007 (Washington, DC) The number of train accidents declined for the second year in a row and there were fewer highway-rail grade crossing collisions according to preliminary 2006 rail safety data announced today by U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters...

FRA Administrator Denies DM&E Powder River Basin Loan Application Citing Unacceptable Risk to Federal Taxpayers

Monday, February 26, 2007 (Washington, DC) Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph H. Boardman today denied a $2.3 billion Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) loan application from the Dakota, Minnesota, & Eastern (DM&E) railroad concluding it posed an unacceptably...

Federal Government Will Regulate Railroad Hours of Service and Increase Focus on Safety Risk Reduction, Under the Administration’s Proposed Rail Safety Legislation

Wednesday, February 14, 2007 (Washington, DC) For the first time ever the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) will have authority to regulate railroad worker hours of service and will provide greater focus on risk reduction to improve safety in the railroad industry under a rail safety...