August 12, 2015 | Commuter Rail, DOT, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, August 11, 2015) NEWARK, N.J. — Governor Chris Christie and U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Robert Menendez will meet with U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx on August 18 to talk about Hudson River rail tunnel funding. Full story:...
June 9, 2015 | DOT, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Railway Age, June 5, 2015) NEW YORK — The wait for a new tank car specification is over. Now comes the “fun” part: Retrofits to older cars, and potentially onerous operating rules. Full story: Railway Age
June 1, 2015 | DOT, FRA, Headlines
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, May 29, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — “Sarah Feinberg has already proven to be a steady and capable leader at FRA, and especially during the tragic Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia, where she remained on site...
May 20, 2015 | DOT, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, May 14, 2015) BILLINGS, Mont. — A coalition of environmental groups has filed a court challenge to new federal rules aimed at preventing accidents involving trains carrying oil and other flammable fuels. Full story: The...
May 4, 2015 | DOT, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Politico, May 1, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Obama administration imposed tougher safety regulations Friday for trains carrying crude oil, responding to growing alarm about a series of fiery derailments that killed dozens of people in a small Canadian town...
April 20, 2015 | DOT, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, April 17, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced with its agencies, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety...
April 20, 2015 | DOT, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: New York Times, April 17, 2015) NEW YORK — Responding to public pressure to act more quickly after a series of fiery train derailments involving oil shipments, the Transportation Department on Friday issued a series of emergency orders, including a...
April 8, 2015 | DOT, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, April 6, 2015) U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced April 2 the availability of $500 million for transportation projects through the seventh round of the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER)...
March 25, 2015 | DOT, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: UPI, March 25, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Suzanne Emmerling, a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Transportation, said in a statement the administration was frustrated with statements made by the American Petroleum Institute on efforts to improve rail...
February 13, 2015 | DOT, Headlines
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, February 12, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced that he will launch a four-day bus tour on Tuesday, February 17. Beginning in Tallahassee, Florida and visiting...
