January 22, 2025 | East Palestine-NS, FRA, Headlines, Organizing, Railroad Safety, Remote Control
(Source: Bloomberg, January 16, 2025) The Federal Railroad Administration is eyeing a test of a self-driving train car on Georgia railroads, which has sparked similar outrage from union leaders who are still reeling from the East Palestine train derailment, where...
January 21, 2025 | FRA, News, Top News
Amit Bose was honored for his dedication to rail safety at a reception in Washington, D.C., on January 14. Bose is stepping down from his role as head of the Federal Railroad Administration, a position he has held since early 2022. Under his leadership, the FRA...
January 16, 2025 | FRA, News, Railroad Safety, Top News
Class I railroads are failing workers and making railroads less safe due to overly harsh employee discipline policies. That’s according to the December 20 letters from the heads of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and the Occupational Safety and Health...
January 10, 2025 | DOT, FRA, Headlines
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, January 10, 2025) WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced that it has awarded more than $1.1 billion in Railroad Crossing Elimination...
December 10, 2024 | FRA, News, Railroad Safety, Top News
FRA Administrator Amit Bose (center) with BLET members, officers, and staff at the FRA’s Rail Share meeting. ____________________ Representatives from the BLET’s National Legislative Office, along with a large contingent of BLET State Legislative Board Chairmen,...
November 15, 2024 | Amtrak, DOT, FRA, Headlines
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, November 15, 2024) The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today continued its historic investment in passenger rail with nearly $1.5 billion for 19 projects along the...
October 31, 2024 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Trains.com, October 25, 2024) The Federal Railroad Administration this week proposed its first regulations on automated track inspection — but has left untouched the regulations that cover traditional visual track inspections. Fearing job losses and an...
October 31, 2024 | FRA, Headlines, Technology
(Source: Trains.com, October 28, 2024) The Federal Railroad Administration today proposed more stringent requirements that railroads must meet in order to obtain safety rule waivers that allow experimentation with track and equipment inspection technology. The...
October 31, 2024 | DOT, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, October 29, 2024) The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced more than $2.4 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding for 122 rail improvement...
August 30, 2024 | FRA, News, Positive Train Control, Top News
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) sided with the BLET on August 26 when it denied a joint waiver request by five railroads seeking to change operating rules in the event of unplanned Positive Train Control (PTC) outages. The BLET filed formal written comments...
