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USDOT awards $1.24B into rail safety upgrades
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration said it has awarded more than $1.2 billion in railroad safety grants. The FY 25-26 Railroad Crossing Elimination (RCE) Grant Program awarded 91 grants in 37 states to fund eliminating unsafe highway-rail conflict point, closing at-grade crossings, and upgrading railroad traffic signals. The grants are part of an Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act program initiated in 2022. Projects receiving funding included:...
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Norfolk Southern, Schneider partner on expanding domestic intermodal capacity
Norfolk Southern Corporations and Schneider National, Inc., a provider of multimodal transportation services, announced ...Read More »
Norfolk Southern completes six improvement projects during 26-hour work window
Norfolk Southern announced its work crews had completed six infrastructure improvement projects in one single 26-hour ma...Read More »
Amtrak announces completion of D.C. infrastructure upgrades
Amtrak announced its intensive nine-day infrastructure upgrade program is finished, just in time for the holiday travel ...Read More »
FTA moves forward on Florida commuter rail project in Broward County
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced Florida’s Broward County Comm...Read More »
Amtrak’s Hiawatha West receives federal grant funding for extension of service
Amtrak announced its Hiawatha West service will receive funding through the Federal Railroad Administration’s Consolid...Read More »
MTA chooses designer for Hudson Line Climate resilience initiative
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced STV, in a joint venture with WSP, will lead design and prelimi...Read More »
American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association awarded federal grant to enhance work force development training
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recently awarded the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (AS...Read More »
FRA awards more than $2B in rail infrastructure grants
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration announced it had awarded $2.3 billion in grant...Read More »
NJ Department of Transportation announces new permitting division
The New Jersey Department of Transportation announced the creation of the Division of Transportation Permitting recently...Read More »
APTA: Households using public transit save $14,100 annually
A new report from the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) finds that households that choose public transpo...Read More »
