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FRA Makes More Than $2.4 Billion in CRISI Grant Funding Available to Improve America’s Freight and Intercity Passenger Rail Network
Funded by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, this popular grant program helps communities big and small invest in rail safety and stronger supply chains, and supports regional short line railroads
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of...
Full-scale Grade Crossing Impact of a Single-frame Highway Truck into an LNG Tender
Main Report: Full Scale Grade Crossing Impact Test.pdf
Appendices: Full Scale Grade Crossing Impact Test Appendices.pdf
FRA sponsored a research team from Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) to execute a grade crossing side impact test of a heavy...
External Perception for Locomotives: Systems and Algorithm Development
The Federal Railroad Administration sponsored a research team from Aurora Flight Sciences to develop the External Perception for Locomotives (ExP-L) system, which uses the FRA Cab Technology Integration Lab (CTIL) to demonstrate prototype object operator augmentation. The system can detect and...