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...
February 7, 2020 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Bloomington Pantagraph, February 6, 2020) NORMAL, Ill. — A federal official supporting the proposed underpass in uptown Normal learned firsthand the value of the project. While visiting Uptown Station to go over plans for the underpass, Ronald Batory,...
February 7, 2020 | Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Politico, February 6, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fifteen Democratic U.S. senators tore into the Trump administration Thursday over delays in greenlighting construction of the Gateway tunnel, an $11.3 billion rail project that would create a new link between New...
February 6, 2020 | FRA, Headlines, Operation Lifesaver
(Source: Operation Lifesaver press release, February 5, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rachel Maleh, Executive Director of Operation Lifesaver, Inc. (OLI), today testified on the organization’s role in improving safety at grade crossings and along railroad rights of way,...
February 6, 2020 | FRA, Headlines, Operation Lifesaver
(Source: Progressive Railroading, February 5, 2020) California, New York, Florida and Texas consistently logged the highest number of fatal railroad trespasser strikes by trains over a five-year period, according to a new report by the Federal Railroad Administration...
February 4, 2020 | FRA, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Dallas Business Journal, February 1, 2020) DALLAS — The Federal Railroad Administration has agreed to hold a public hearing to seek comments from rural Texas county landowners and local officials that would be impacted by a proposed high-speed rail project...
January 29, 2020 | FRA, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Trains Magazine, January 25, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A government report issued Friday says the Federal Railroad Administration provided inadequate oversight of federal funds granted to California’s high speed rail program, and as a result, $2.55 billion in...
January 23, 2020 | Amtrak, FRA, Headlines
(Source: The Evening Tribune, January 22, 2020) HORNELL, N.Y. — The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has signed off on Amtrak’s permit application for a one-time movement of its just-constructed next generation high-speed train from the Hornell Alstom production...
January 13, 2020 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Safety and Health Magazine, January 10, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In response to a petition for rulemaking, the Federal Railroad Administration is delaying by 16 months the implementation dates of its Training, Qualification, and Oversight for Safety-Related...
