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Tuesday, December 03, 2002 (Washington, DC) Federal Railroad Administrator Allan Rutter today announced that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) plans to conduct a first of its kind workshop designed to educate the freight rail industry about the value of the Railroad Rehabilitation and...
Wednesday, July 17, 2002 (Washington, DC) The following statement by Federal Railroad Administrator Allan Rutter was issued today regarding the appointment of Roger Nober to the U.S. Surface Transportation Board. “I'm extremely pleased by Roger's nomination to become a member, and upon...
Tuesday, July 02, 2002 (Washington, DC) U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta and Federal Railroad Administrator Allan Rutter today announced the award of a grant totaling $76,748,000 to Amtrak, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, to fund improvements to the Amtrak-owned New...
Friday, April 05, 2002 (Washington, DC) U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta and Federal Railroad Administrator Allan Rutter today presented the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Award for Heroism to Portland & Western Railroad (PWR) conductor Aric Jeffs, for his efforts...
Monday, April 17, 2000 (Washington, DC)
U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater today announced additional funding of $14.8 million to seven states and authorities for continuing pre-construction planning for magnetic levitation (maglev) high-speed ground transportation.
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Friday, March 31, 2000 (Washington, DC ) Federal Railroad Administrator Jolene M. Molitoris today announced that there will be a public hearings in Illinois and Ohio on a proposed rulemaking and draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) concerning the use of locomotive train horns at highway-...
Thursday, February 17, 2000 (Washington, DC ) Federal Railroad Administrator Jolene M. Molitoris today announced details concerning hearings to be held in California, the District of Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Ohio, and Oregon on a proposed rulemaking and draft...
Wednesday, January 12, 2000 (Washington, DC )
In a continuing effort to improve transportation safety, U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater today announced a proposed rule that would require trains to sound their horns at public highway-rail grade crossings except at select...
Wednesday, December 19, 2001 (Washington, DC) Federal Railroad Administrator Allan Rutter today urged Americans to exercise caution and common sense when approaching highway-rail grade crossings, and to avoid walking on or near rail rights-of-way. There are more than 253,000 highway-rail grade...
Friday, August 03, 2001 (Washington, DC) U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta today welcomed Allan Rutter to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) as the Senate confirmed him as Federal Railroad Administrator.
"I'm excited about Allan joining our team here at DOT. His...