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Transportation Secretary Foxx to discuss high speed rail at USHSR summit
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx is slated as to headline the 3-day High Speed Rail Summit in Washington, D.C. starting Tuesday. Foxx — along with 12 members of Congressmen, Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Deputy Administrator Karen Hedlund and others — will talk about high speed rail in America during the summit, which is presented by the […]
February 24, 2014
Roadbuilding
Amtrak offers electric locomotive facility preview, discusses new train’s power
Amtrak on Wednesday offered Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) a preview of its Wilmington Maintenance Facility, where the company is testing its new electric locomotives, according to Delaware’s WDDE. The facility is in the final stages of testing the Siemens-manufactured Amtrak Cities Sprinter (ACS-64), which debuted in Sacramento, California, in May. Amtrak ordered 70 of the locomotives […]
August 22, 2013
Roadbuilding
USDOT to create high-speed rail safety rules
The Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Railroad Safety Advisory Committee (RSAC) has voted in favor of introducing new safety rules for high-speed rail, according to Global Rail News. The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) will create the guidelines, which will govern trains that can reach up to 200 mph. The standards will also help with the […]
June 18, 2013
Roadbuilding
CDOT commissioner named chair of Northeast Corridor Commission
Connecticut Department of Transportation Commissioner James P. Redeker has been named the chair of the Northeast Corridor Commission. The NEC Commission, officially known as the Northeast Corridor Infrastructure and Operations Advisory Commission, was created by Congress to create and implement a long-term investment strategy for the Northeast Corridor. Members of the NEC Commission include members […]
June 6, 2013
Roadbuilding
Shuster talks transportation funding, earmarks at TCC Fly-in
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) believes September 2014 reauthorization has much the same bipartisan support that surfaced for Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21), and a bill could be ready for the President to sign when MAP-21 expires. Funding, he said, is of course the key issue. Reforms […]
June 5, 2013
Roadbuilding
The Northeast’s trains of tomorrow
Amid all the hot air and bluster that are much of the debate on the future of rail today, here comes something interesting – a more detailed plan of action for the Northeast Corridor (NEC). Not only a plan, but something of an insight into how thinking at the highest planning levels might turn into […]
April 7, 2013
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