November 7, 2018 | DOT, FRA, Headlines
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, November 1, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Highway crashes claimed the lives of 37,133 people in 2017, accounting for 95 percent of the 38,958 who died in transportation related accidents that year, according to...
November 7, 2018 | DOT, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, November 6, 2018) At the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Grade Crossing Safety Summit held last week in Washington, D.C., U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao credited the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)...
October 22, 2018 | FRA, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Railway Age, October 18, 2018) NEW YORK — Federal Railroad Administrator Ron Batory on Oct. 17 completed a second series of meetings with senior leadership of Positive Train Control (PTC) system suppliers that are directly associated with the eight railroads...
October 18, 2018 | FRA, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: DeSmog Blog, October 17, 2018) NEW YORK — While a second oil-by-rail boom is well underway in North America, both the U.S. and Canada are taking steps that ignore or undermine the lessons and regulatory measures to improve safety since the oil train...
October 10, 2018 | Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, October 9, 2018) The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is in the “final chapters” of completing a final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed replacement of Amtrak’s Hudson River tunnels, FRA...
October 9, 2018 | FRA, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Transport Topics, October 3, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nine railroads have demonstrated little progress with installing an automatic braking system, jeopardizing their chances to qualify for a Dec. 31 deadline extension to implement the system, the country’s...
October 9, 2018 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, October 1, 2018) The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is relaunching the Railroad Safety Advisory Committee (RSAC) after a more than year-long hiatus. Full story: Progressive Railroading
September 18, 2018 | FRA, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, September 17, 2018) NEW YORK — The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials held its second hearing of the year on Sept. 13 on implementation of Positive...
September 18, 2018 | FRA, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Progressive Railroading, September 17, 2018) Nine railroads — all passenger — have been determined to be “most at risk” of failing to qualify for an extension of the Dec. 31 deadline to implement positive train control (PTC), Federal Railroad...
September 12, 2018 | FRA, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, September 12, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration announced today Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for at least $46 million for Positive Train...
