Press Releases

12/15/2006: U.S. Department of Transportation Proposes to Require Railroads to Route Hazardous Materials Based on Range of Safety and Security Factors

12/14/2006: FRA and New Jersey Transit Begin Study to Improve Capacity and Operation of Portal Bridge on Northeast Corridor

12/05/2006: FRA Proposes Higher Fines for Violations of Federal Rail Safety Regulations

12/04/2006: Public Invited to Comment on Safety at Private Highway-Rail Grade Crossings at New Orleans, LA Forum on December 6

11/29/2006: New Fatigue Study Findings Focus on Train Crew Work Schedules to Reduce Human Errors that Cause Train Accidents

11/17/2006: DOT Weekly Digest: Iowa Northern Railway Receives $25.5 million RRIF Loan

10/27/2006: Working Conditions for Train Crews to Improve with New Federal Regulations to Help Prevent Hearing Loss

10/24/2006: Public Invited to Comment on Safety at Private Highway-Rail Grade Crossings at San Francisco, CA Forum on October 26

10/18/2006: New Regulations Require Railroads to Perform Better and More Frequent Inspections of Continuous Welded Rail Track Joints

10/16/2006: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Issues Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety Guidance

10/13/2006: FRA Issues Report on Blocked Highway-Rail Grade Crossings

10/06/2006: Federal Railroad Administrator Visits Livingston County, NY to Highlight Role of Transportation in Regional Job Creation On Day Government Announces 51,000 New Jobs Created in September

10/05/2006: Proposed Upgrade of Emergency Systems to Improve Safety of Passenger Rail Cars

9/25/2006: Public Invited to Comment on Safety at Private Highway-Rail Grade Crossings at Raleigh, North Carolina Forum on September 27

9/14/2006: 37 States Experience Fewer Train Accidents During First Six Months of 2006 As Train Derailments and Collisions Show Significant Declines

8/29/2006: Public Invited to Comment on Safety at Private Highway-Rail Grade Crossings

8/17/2006: FRA to Revise Rail Safety Rules to Support Deployment of Improved Train Braking Technology

8/16/2006: FRA Announces Action on Environmental Review of DM&E Loan Application

8/11/2006: FRA Grant Supports Vermont Railway Track Improvements

7/28/2006: Geographic Databases for 2006 Released.

7/28/2006: FRA Grant Supports Continued Development of Positive Train Control Technology.

7/26/2006: FRA Administrator Announces Start of National Discussion On Improving Safety at Private Highway-Rail Grade Crossings

7/21/2006: US DOT News Digest: Georgia DOT Receives FRA Grant for Atlanta-Chattanooga High-Speed Rail EIS

7/14/2006: US DOT News Digest: FRA Funds Research of Advanced Locomotive Propulsion at University of Texas at Austin

7/14/2006: U.S. DOT News Digest: University of Illinois at Chicago to Study Train Derailments with FRA Grant

6/28/2006: 06-28-06 FRA Locomotive Crashworthiness Final Rule

4/07/2006: DOT News Digest: Local Utah Association of Governments Receives FRA Grant to Fund Environmental Study of Central Valley Rail Line

3/23/2006: U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta Unveils New Commuter Rail Safety System That is Being Tested, May Make Millions of Train Riders Safer During a Crash

3/21/2006: Train Accidents and Derailments Decline in 2005, Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Collision Rate at All-Time Record Low

3/20/2006: New Associate Administrator for Safety Named at Federal Railroad Administration

3/02/2006: New Federal Rule Aims to Reduce Human Error As Cause of Train Accidents

2/22/2006: U.S. Transportation Chief Says "Energy Diet" Needed To Curb U.S. Oil Addiction

2/13/2006: FRA Assesses Fines Against CSX Transportation Totaling $227,000 for Safety Violations at Highway-Rail Grade Crossing

1/25/2006: New Inspection Program to Target Rail Safety Hot Spots, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta Announces During Rail Safety Update