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11/19/2009: New Jersey Transit Joins FRA “Close Call” Pilot Program

11/19/2009: New Study Shows Freight Rail Fuel Efficiency Up More Than 20 Percent Since 1999

11/06/2009: Szabo Honors Michael Coplen

10/06/2009: Statement from Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Administrator Joseph C. Szabo

9/18/2009: FRA Announces Intended Recipients of $14 Million in Rail Line Relocation and Improvement Grants

8/06/2009: Federal Railroad Administration Awards $1 Million Rail Safety Grant to Operation Lifesaver, Inc.

7/16/2009: FRA Issues NPRM on Technology to Prevent Train Collisions

7/16/2009: FRA Receives 278 Pre-Applications for High-Speed Passenger Rail Funding

6/26/2009: DOT Digest: FRA Awards Contracts for On-line High-Speed Rail Defect Detection; Portland, Maine area Rail Infrastructure Improvements

6/17/2009: U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces Guidelines for Receiving Economic Recovery Funds for High-Speed Rail

6/03/2009: Vice President Biden, Secretary LaHood Meet with Governors on Future of U.S. High-Speed Rail

5/27/2009: Disaster Assistance Grants Awarded to States to Cover Costs of Railroad Emergency Repairs Following Natural Disasters

4/16/2009: President Obama, Vice President Biden, Secretary LaHood Call for U.S. High Speed Passenger Trains

4/03/2009: FRA Awards Intercity Capital Grant for Planning of Midwest Rail Corridors.

3/13/2009: Vice President Biden, Railroad Administrator, Members of Congress Announce Funding for Amtrak in Recovery Act

1/16/2009: DOT Digest: FRA Releases New Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety Video for Truck Drivers, Amends Bridge Safety Policy

1/12/2009: DOT Requires Stronger Railroad Hazmat Tank Cars to Improve Crashworthiness