March 19, 2020 | Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Safety and Health Magazine, March 18, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than three years after the Federal Railroad Administration published a final rule that requires commuter and intercity passenger lines to develop and implement system safety programs, FRA is...
March 17, 2020 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, March 14, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Pursuant to Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) § 211.45, Federal Railroad Administration Administrator Ronald L. Batory has determined that the imminent threat...
March 13, 2020 | FRA, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 12, 2020) The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) this week proposed a rule of particular applicability (RPA) to establish safety standards for the Texas Central Railroad’s Dallas-to-Houston high-speed rail system. Full...
March 13, 2020 | DOT, FRA, Headlines
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, March 12, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the recipients of $248.5 million in grant funds under the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements...
March 11, 2020 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Safety and Health Magazine, March 10, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Effective April 20, the Federal Railroad Administration is requiring the nation’s largest freight railroads – known as Class I – and smaller freight railroads with “inadequate safety performance”...
March 6, 2020 | FRA, News
CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 6 — The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) and the SMART Transportation Division (SMART-TD) jointly petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on March 6 to take action in responding to the rapidly spreading...
March 2, 2020 | FRA, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Progressive Railroading, February 28, 2020) The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) yesterday released a fourth-quarter 2019 status report on railroads’ progress in implementing positive train control (PTC) systems as required by Congress. Full story:...
February 28, 2020 | FRA, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, February 27, 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 December...
February 26, 2020 | Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines
(Source: New York Post, February 25, 2020) NEW YORK — Sarah Feinberg, a former Obama transportation official who has served on the MTA board since last year, will be the new interim chief of New York City’s buses and subways following the resignation of Andy Byford,...
February 21, 2020 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, February 14, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new rule requiring the largest U.S. railroads to file safety plans with federal regulators may get challenged over concerns for the legal rights of railroad accident victims, a rail labor attorney has...
