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FRA Publishes Final Rule for State Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Action Plans

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) published a final rule requiring 40 states and the District of Columbia to develop and implement highway-rail grade crossing action plans to improve public safety. In addition, the rule requires 10 states...

Federal Railroad Administration Modernizes Brake Safety Standards

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today issued a final rule, extending the amount of time freight rail equipment can be left off-air (meaning parked with its air brake system depressurized) before requiring a new brake inspection, which is expected to...

State Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Action Plan - California

Section 202 of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008, which was signed into law on October 16, 2008, requires the Secretary of Transportation to identify the ten States with the most grade crossing collisions in the prior three years, and to require those States to develop action plans to...

State Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Action Plan - Ohio

Ohio is a crossroads state with an extensive transportation infrastructure that features a dense network of railroads. There are over 5,318 miles of active mainline rail in the state as well as 121,241 miles of roadway. Consequently, there are a large number of public crossings. As of 2010 there...

State Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Action Plan - Iowa

Because Iowa’s collision experience ranked in the top ten states for the years 2006 through 2008, the state was mandated by 49 CFR Part 234, “State Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Action Plans,” to submit an action plan to the Federal Railroad Administration promoting safety at highway-rail grade...