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Environmental Impact Statement

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), jointly with the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) and Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT), and in cooperation with the National Park Service (NPS) and other agencies, prepared an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), a Section 4(f) Evaluation in accordance with Section 4(f) of the United States Department of Transportation Act of 1966, and a Programmatic Agreement (PA) in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) for the Long Bri

Full-Scale Shell Impact Test of a DOT-113 Tank Car Surrogate

On June 11, 2020, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) conducted a full-scale shell impact test (Test 11) of a surrogate DOT-113 specification tank car at the Transportation Technology Center (TTC) in Pueblo, CO. This test was the second DOT-113 impact test in a planned series of four. A...

Research, Development and Technology: Strategic Plan, 2020-2024

This 5-year RD&T strategic plan describes strategies that support DOT’s strategic plan for fiscal year 2020 to 2024. It defines a long-term vision for the RD&T program and guides the contents of FRA’s Annual Modal Research Plans for the next 5 years.