January 17, 2017 | FRA, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Los Angeles Times, January 17, 2017) LOS ANGELES — A confidential estimate by federal regulators that the cost of California’s bullet train project could jump significantly has prompted critics of the $64-billion Los Angeles-to-San Francisco rail effort to...
January 16, 2017 | DOT, FRA, Headlines
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, February 13, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today launched the “Stop! Trains Can’t” ad targeting young male motorists and encouraging them to act cautiously at railroad...
January 16, 2017 | FRA, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Los Angeles Times, January 13, 2017) LOS ANGELES — California’s bullet train could cost taxpayers 50% more than estimated — as much as $3.6 billion more. And that’s just for the first 118 miles through the Central Valley, which was supposed to be the easiest...
January 11, 2017 | Amtrak, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Providence Journal, January 11, 2017) CHARLESTOWN, R.I. — Saying they would block the trains to stop a proposed new Northeast Corridor rail route through Charlestown, speakers stood up in a packed Charlestown Elementary School cafeteria Tuesday night to voice...
December 28, 2016 | Amtrak, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Baltimore Sun, December 27, 2016) BALTIMORE — The Federal Railroad Administration is recommending a major rerouting of Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor in Maryland to straighten the rail line, avoid two aging bridges and speed train travel north of...
December 28, 2016 | Amtrak, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Rhode Island Public Radio, December 28, 2016) PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Federal Railroad Administration has proposed a major expansion of the Northeast rail corridor from Washington, D.C. through Providence and Boston. The plan would cost an estimated $120...
December 28, 2016 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: National Public Radio, December 27, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fatigue is one of the leading causes of deadly traffic accidents and railroad crashes. It turns out truck drivers and train operators are more likely than other people to suffer from a common sleep...
December 28, 2016 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 27, 2016) The Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) enforcement of rail safety rules in fiscal-year 2016 led to the highest-ever civil penalty collection rate in its 50-year history, administration officials announced...
December 27, 2016 | Amtrak, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 22, 2016) The Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) recently released Tier 1 final environmental impact statement (FEIS) for Northeast Corridor (NEC) rail-line improvements affirms Amtrak’s long-held view that...
December 27, 2016 | Amtrak, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Washington Post, December 26, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — More trains. Faster travel. Smoother rides. After four years of gathering ideas from elected and state officials, as well as the public, the Federal Railroad Administration this month released its...
