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Preliminiary National Rail Plan
On October 16, 2008, the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (PRIIA) was enacted. Section 307(b)(j)(2) of the Act directed the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration to "develop a long-range national rail plan consistent with approved State rail plans and the rail...Museum Locomotive Study
The Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 instructed the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation to conduct a study relating to locomotives and equipment used by museums, historical societies, and tourist or scenic railroads, for the purposes of considering a less frequent periodic...Overview, Highlights and Summary of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (PRIIA)
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page 4: Capital Assistance to States - Intercity Passenger Rail Service Program page 4: Ten high-speed rail corridors page 5: Notice Requesting Expressions of Interest in Implementing a High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail CorridorGeneral Health Effects of Transportation Noise
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) sponsored preparation of this report to support a rulemaking process about the use of locomotive horns and the accompanying environmental impact statement. This document reviews select current and past research on the effect of transportation noise on...Analysis of the Safety Impact of Train Horn Bans at Rail-Highway Grade Crossings: An Update Using 1997-2001 Data
This report updates Westat's prior report to FRA (Zador, 2002) in terms of both data and statistical methods. Safety impact estimates in the prior report were based on 5-year accident data for 1992-1996. In this report, safety impact estimates are based on recent grade-crossing accidents during the...Use of Locomotive Horns at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings; Final Rule, 2005 version
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Interim Final Rule
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