January 19, 2021 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, January 18, 2021) The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration have prepared a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for a proposed superconducting maglev...
January 18, 2021 | FRA, News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, January 18 — The head of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has refused to take any action whatsoever to protect passenger railroad workers and the traveling public in and around the nation’s capital following the deadly January 6...
January 13, 2021 | FRA, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Railway Age, January 12, 2021) NEW YORK — Leadership at the industry’s two largest operating-craft unions, the SMART-Transportation Division and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, have petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration to issue...
December 11, 2020 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 10, 2020) The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has amended its accident/incident reporting regulation to modify the way the agency calculates periodic adjustments to the reporting threshold and the way it communicates...
November 24, 2020 | FRA, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Transport Topics, November 23, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The automatic braking system Congress is mandating for the country’s railroads is almost implemented on the route miles required by law, according to federal regulators’ most recent update. Full story:...
November 20, 2020 | FRA, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Television station WALA, November 18, 2020) PRICHARD, Ala. — Representatives from the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Railroad Administration told FOX10 News they are jointly investigating the matter. In addition, Prichard police late...
November 19, 2020 | FRA, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, November 18, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today released a quarterly status update on railroads’ self-reported progress, as of September...
October 29, 2020 | DOT, FRA, Headlines
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, October 28, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao today announced an investment of more than $291 million in grants for 11 intercity passenger rail projects in nine states...
October 27, 2020 | DOT, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Stamford Advocate, October 26, 2020) STAMFORD, Conn. — Connecticut has been awarded more than $144 million in federal funding to support the replacement of the Walk Bridge in Norwalk and Connecticut River Bridge connecting Old Lyme and Old Saybrook, Gov. Ned...
October 20, 2020 | Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Streetsblog Chicago, October 19, 2020) CHICAGO — According to Railway Gazette, the plan for a second daily Amtrak Empire Builder Line run between Chicago and Minneapolis-St. Paul is moving forward thanks to the award of a $31.8 million grant from the Federal...
