December 27, 2019 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, December 26, 2019) NEW YORK — The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has launched a new webpage for the public and law enforcement to report blocked highway-rail grade crossings. The new FRA Blocked Crossings webpage requests specific...
December 23, 2019 | FRA, Headlines, Unions
(Source: SMART-TD press release, December 12, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The president of the SMART Transportation Division, Jeremy Ferguson, is calling on the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to issue an emergency order requiring that outdated air brake valves on...
December 20, 2019 | Amtrak, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, December 20, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump is expected to avoid a replay of last year by signing off on a $1.4 trillion fiscal year 2020 spending package that averts a government shutdown had Congress failed to meet a Dec. 20...
December 20, 2019 | DOT, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, December 19, 2019) NEW YORK — The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on Dec. 19 issued two Notices of Proposed Rulemakings (NPRMs), one updating current Track Safety Standards (TSS), the other updating existing Brake System Safety (BSS)...
December 17, 2019 | FRA, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, December 16, 2019) NEW YORK — The California High Speed Rail Authority is acting like your typical teenager. The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has told the group not to proceed with a plan to lay future track from San...
December 13, 2019 | FRA, Headlines, War on Workers
(Source: Safety and Health Magazine, December 12, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In response to a petition for rulemaking, the Federal Railroad Administration is seeking to further delay by 16 months the implementation dates of its proposed Training, Qualification, and...
November 27, 2019 | FRA, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, November 25, 2019) ABSTRACT: The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today released a quarterly status update on railroads’ self-reported progress toward fully implementing positive train control (PTC) systems....
November 26, 2019 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, November 25, 2019) The Federal Railroad Administration last week announced an amendment to a proposed rulemaking regarding training, qualification and oversight for safety-related railroad employees. Full story: Progressive...
November 14, 2019 | FRA, Headlines, Operation Lifesaver
(Source: Transport Topics, November 13, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Railroad Administration has issued a proposed rule that would require states to develop highway-rail grade crossing action plans — or update the action plans they have. Full story: Transport...
November 7, 2019 | Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, November 6, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced the availability of $24 million in grant funding to initiate, restore, or enhance...
