December 3, 2009 | DOT, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on December 2, 2009.) The value of freight moved by rail, truck and pipeline between the United States and Canada and Mexico in September totaled $57.3 billion, down 20.2 percent compared with September...
November 30, 2009 | DOT, Headlines
(The following story by Jordan Schrader appeared on the USA Today website on November 30, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The prospect of bullet trains whisking travelers from city to city at more than 200 miles an hour, stalled for years in America’s car-loving...
November 30, 2009 | Commuter Rail, DOT, Headlines
(The following editorial appeared on the New York Times website on November 29, 2009.) NEW YORK — The train wreck last summer that killed nine commuters and injured 80 in the nation’s capital laid bare a deadly paradox: the safety failures at the heart of the...
November 25, 2009 | BNSF, DOT, Headlines
(The following story by Gordon Dickson appeared on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website on November 24, 2009.) FORT WORHT, Texas — A Southlake man has been picked to serve as director of the Texas Department of Transportation’s new rail division in hopes of making the...
November 23, 2009 | Commuter Rail, DOT, Headlines
(The following editorial appeared on the Washington Post website on November 21, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — It’s a shame that it has taken accidents, deaths and injuries for the federal government to wake up to the danger posed by inadequate, and in some cases...
November 16, 2009 | DOT, Headlines
(The following story by Rachel L. Swarns appeared on the New York Times website on November 15, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Citing an increase in the number of subway and light-rail crashes and resulting passenger injuries, the Obama administration will push for...
November 16, 2009 | DOT, Headlines
(The following story by Joe Stephens and Lena H. Sun appeared on the Washington Post website on November 15, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Obama administration will propose that the federal government take over safety regulation of the nation’s subway and...
November 13, 2009 | DOT, Headlines
(The office of Vice President Joe Biden issued the following on November 12, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Vice President Joe Biden and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that the Department of Transportation has jumpstarted more than 10,000...
November 11, 2009 | DOT, Headlines
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on November 10, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Transportation by Oct. 23 had approved $30 billion in project spending under the stimulus law, and cut checks totaling $4.85...
November 9, 2009 | DOT, Headlines
(The following story by Marcus Rauhut appeared on the Chambersburg Public Opinion website on November 7, 2009.) CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania and four other states are seeking stimulus money to make upgrades to their rail systems, including the proposed intermodal...
