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Thursday, June 23, 2005 (Washington, DC) The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced the award of two rail safety research grants to universities in Alabama and Illinois intended to improve safety in the railroad industry. Specifically, Tuskegee University received $96,192 to study...
Thursday, June 23, 2005 (Washington, DC) A technology designed to prevent train collisions and other types of rail accidents moves another step forward today thanks to a $6.4 million grant from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). The grant to the Railroad Research Foundation in Washington...
Wednesday, June 01, 2005 (Washington, D.C.) Joseph H. Boardman will begin his new duties as the Administrator for the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today, U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta announced. Mr. Boardman was nominated by President George W. Bush to be the FRA...
Tuesday, May 31, 2005 (Washington, DC ) A $1 million safety grant will be used for public education and outreach programs to reduce fatalities resulting from highway-rail grade crossing collisions, pedestrian accidents and railroad trespassing, which together account for 96 percent of all rail-...
Thursday, July 23, 1998 (Washington, DC) Slater Commends Decision to Condition Conrail Acquisition on Safety
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Rodney E. Slater today commended the Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) decision to adopt his recommendation to condition approval of the...
Friday, May 27, 2005 (Washington, DC) The Federal Railroad Administration announced today a $24.8 million infrastructure grant for the Alaska Railroad to upgrade mainline tracks, replace bridges, prevent rock slides and install track at the new Fairbanks Intermodal Facility. The Alaska Railroad...
Wednesday, May 18, 2005 () The federal government will triple its capacity to inspect the nation’s rail lines thanks to three new advanced track inspection vehicles being launched over the next year and a half, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta announced today. The...
Due to website redesign, action plan is now available at https://www.fra.dot.gov/eLib/Details/L19673
Monday, May 16, 2005 () A new plan to improve safety along the nation’s railroads was unveiled today by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta during a visit to Columbia...
Friday, October 14, 2005 (Washington, DC) News Digest University of Nebraska at Lincoln Receives FRA Grant to Study Rail Strength. Researchers at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln will use a $490,000 grant from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to test track strength and rail stress...
Friday, October 07, 2005 (Washington, DC) FMCSA Extends Deadline on State Testing of School Bus Drivers, Seeks Public Comment. As directed last month by Congress, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has extended until Sept. 30, 2006...