March 14, 2018 | DOT, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 12, 2018) The U.S. Department of Transportation late last week announced the 41 recipients of nearly $500 million in discretionary grant funding for road, transit, maritime and rail projects through the Transportation Investment...
March 13, 2018 | Commuter Rail, DOT, Headlines
(Source: Crain’s New York, March 12, 2018) NEW YORK — Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao told one heck of a lie last week when she testified to Congress that New York and New Jersey are asking the federal government to pay the entire cost of Hudson River tunnel...
March 8, 2018 | Amtrak, DOT, Headlines
(Source: Santa Fe New Mexican, March 7, 2018) SANTA FE, N.M. — The evocative whistles of Amtrak’s Southwest Chief through New Mexico are no longer in danger after a threat of rerouting the train was shelved, and aging tracks in the northeastern part of the state will...
February 14, 2018 | DOT, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, February 13, 2018) U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) yesterday called on the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to reverse its decision to drop a proposed rule that could have required railroads to test train engineers for...
January 23, 2018 | DOT, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Washington Examiner, January 23, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Transportation is under fire from Democratic lawmakers as they press the agency for answers about the Amtrak train that derailed in Washington last month, which took the lives of...
January 11, 2018 | DOT, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: The Journal News, January 11, 2018) NEW YORK — Federal lawmakers from New York and Washington state on Wednesday urged safety regulators to force railroads to comply with a 2015 law enacted after a speeding Metro-North train went off the rails in the Bronx in...
January 10, 2018 | DOT, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Times Ledger, January 9, 2018) NEW YORK — New York’s U.S. senators, Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, have called on the federal Dept. of Transportation to crack down on railroads that fail to implement adequate safety measures to prevent accidents such...
January 25, 2017 | Commuter Rail, DOT, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, January 25, 2017) PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A Rhode Island town government that’s opposed to federal plans for a new Amtrak route is paying for buses that will carry protesters to the State House. Full story: Connecticut...
January 25, 2017 | DOT, Headlines
(Source: Detroit News, January 24, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Elaine Chao, President Donald Trump’s pick to run the U.S. Department of Transportation, was approved by a Senate committee on January 24. If Chao is confirmed by the full U.S. Senate as expected, she would...
January 23, 2017 | DOT, Headlines
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, January 19, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — On January 19, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx sent the following message to all USDOT employees: Today marks my last day of service as Secretary of the Department of...
