Railroads have been a vital presence in American transportation for nearly 200 years moving both passengers and freight efficiently and effectively. Freight railroads in the United States are mostly owned by private companies, who maintain and operate their own networks. Passenger systems, whether through Amtrak or various commuter railroads, require public assistance and either operate on their own track or pay to use freight railroad-owned track.
The budget request that Amtrak submits to Congress directly often differs substantially from the request submitted by the White House...
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Jeff Gonneville, Chief Operating Officer of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) sat down with Eno for this month's In...
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Tuesday, February 23 - Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation - Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and...
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February 10, 2016 - The most prominently hyped part of President Obama’s final budget (at least where transportation and infrastructure...
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February 5, 2016 - Buried in the supporting information for the Congressional Budget Office’s new Budget and Economic Outlook report...
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The recent enactment of the “Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act” (FAST Act) has rightly been acclaimed as a significant legislative...
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A January 2, 1976 memo from OMB Director James Lynn and Transportation Secretary William Coleman to President Ford asking the...
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December 22, 2015 - Although the FAST Act's funding levels and priorities were very different than those of the Administration's...
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Collection of internal White House and Bureau of the Budget memos from October 1970 on whether or not the President...
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Safer Railroading: A Guide Toward Targeted Safety Policy
Railroads are among the safest modes of transportation for workers, riders, and the public. Strong federal standards for railroad track and operations, technological investments like positive train control, and communities’ infrastructure improvements have yielded significant gains. But most of these gains have plateaued and in some cases safety trends are moving in the wrong direction. A new strategy and framework is needed to address the most significant safety issues facing railroads. This report explores trends in railroad safety data and actionable recommendations for federal, state, local, and private sector actors to make a demonstrable improvement in railroad safety.