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News Digest: DOT Awards More Than $7 Million To Improve Freight Transportation Options to Southern Oregon and Northern California
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today awarded more than $7 million to the State of Oregon through a TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) grant to support a $9.4 million project that will rehabilitate a 296-mile stretch of short line railroad track operated by...
Using Cognitive Task Analysis to Inform Issues in Human Systems Integration in Railroad Operations
U. S. Railroad operations are undergoing rapid changes involving the introduction of new technologies such as positive train control (PTC), energy management systems (EMS), and electronically controlled pneumatic (ECP) brakes in the locomotive cab. To help ensure these and other new technologies...U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Awards $10.9 Million to West Memphis, Ark. for Rail Improvements to Multimodal Logistics Park
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today awarded a $10.9 million TIGER 2012 grant to the City of West Memphis, Ark. to expand the city’s port. Once the expansion is complete, the port will be able to handle increased freight rail capacity, helping businesses...