September 9, 2021 | FRA, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Railway Age, September 9, 2021) NEW YORK — The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has published a Safety Advisory on a Positive Train Control (PTC) issue recently identified during testing of ACSES II (Advanced Civil Speed Enforcement System II) and I-ETMS...
August 27, 2021 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, August 26, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration today announced a notice of funding opportunity, making available nearly $362 million through its...
August 2, 2021 | Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, July 29, 2021) NEW YORK — Citing that the job of running, day-to-day, MTA New York City Transit has been taking too much time from her family, Interim NYCT President Sarah Feinberg is stepping down on July 31. Full story: Railway...
July 30, 2021 | FRA, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Railway Age, July 28, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Effective Aug. 26, 2021, the Federal Railroad Administration is revising regulations governing changes to Positive Train Control (PTC) systems and reporting on PTC system performance. Full story: Railway...
July 19, 2021 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, July 19, 2021) NEW YORK — The House Appropriations Committee on July 16 approved the Fiscal Year 2022 Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) funding bill of $84.1 billion, a more than 11% boost over 2021....
June 8, 2021 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, June 7, 2021) Federal Railroad Administration Deputy Administrator Amit Bose expressed support for the formation of interstate rail compacts, pointing to the Southern Rail Commission (SRC) as a model organization at the SRC’s...
June 1, 2021 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Reuters, May 28, 2021) NEW YORK — Two U.S. agencies on Friday said a planned $11.6 billion project to reconstruct and add a new tunnel between New York City and New Jersey reached two key milestones that will allow it to advance and receive federal funding....
May 25, 2021 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age article by Grady C. Cothen Jr., retired Federal Railroad Administration official, May 24, 2021) NEW YORK — Unfortunately, short-term financial incentives have driven major railroads away from operating strategies that focus on customer needs, and...
May 20, 2021 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, May 19, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation is celebrating 50 years of safety research and innovation at the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Transportation Technology Center...
May 18, 2021 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, May 17, 2021) Federal Railroad Administration Deputy Administrator Amit Bose late last week said federal and California officials have engaged in “productive settlement negotiations over the past several weeks” involving federal funds...
