March 24, 2020 | DOT, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Regulatory Review, March 23, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new regulation from the Trump Administration may soon make it easier for U.S. companies to ship large quantities of liquefied natural gas (LNG), an increasingly valuable product. But the new...
March 20, 2020 | DOT, Headlines, UP
(Source: Reuters, March 18, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A U.S. federal appeals court has denied a bid by Union Pacific Railroad Company to invalidate a U.S. Department of Transportation safety rule that requires railroads to share with states and tribes information about...
March 13, 2020 | DOT, FRA, Headlines
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, March 12, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the recipients of $248.5 million in grant funds under the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements...
March 10, 2020 | Commuter Rail, DOT, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, March 5, 2020) NEWARK, N.J. — The Trump administration placed a new roadblock in front of the Gateway Tunnel Wednesday when Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said that a required environmental impact statement won’t be coming any time soon....
January 10, 2020 | DOT, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, January 9, 2020) U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao yesterday announced updated federal guidelines for the development of automated vehicles (AV). Chao unveiled the guidelines, titled “Ensuring American Leadership in...
December 30, 2019 | DOT, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, December 27, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A long overdue assessment of the ability of multimodal transportation networks within the United States to handle future freight demand has been opened once again for public comment. Full story: Freight...
December 20, 2019 | DOT, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, December 19, 2019) NEW YORK — The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on Dec. 19 issued two Notices of Proposed Rulemakings (NPRMs), one updating current Track Safety Standards (TSS), the other updating existing Brake System Safety (BSS)...
December 18, 2019 | DOT, Headlines
(Source: Politico, December 17, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The government’s top watchdog said DOT’s grant-making process lacked “the assurance of fairness” after some projects got an extra chance to submit missing information, including one in a...
November 13, 2019 | DOT, Headlines
(Source: Department of Transportation press release, November 12, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Trump Administration will invest $900 million in American infrastructure through the Better Utilizing Investments to...
November 7, 2019 | Commuter Rail, DOT, Headlines
(Source: NJ Spotlight, November 7, 2019) NEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey’s two U.S. senators are challenging the head of the federal Department of Transportation to meet the commuters who routinely face delays caused by the Northeast Corridor’s century-old trans-Hudson rail...
