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  May 28, 2021U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Major Milestone for the Hudson Tunnel Project*Action Allows Project of National Significance to Advance*

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today jointly issued the Final Environment Impact...
    May 19, 2021FRA Celebrates the Transportation Technology Center’s 50th AnniversaryThe U.S. Department of Transportation is celebrating 50 years of safety research and innovation at the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Transportation Technology Center (TTC) in Pueblo, Colorado.
    May 19, 2021FRA Celebrates the Transportation Technology Center’s 50th AnniversaryThe U.S. Department of Transportation is celebrating 50 years of safety research and innovation at the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Transportation Technology Center (TTC) in Pueblo, Colorado.
    May 14, 2021Statement of Federal Railroad Administration Deputy Administrator Amit Bose on California High-Speed Rail Project Litigation“DOT and the State of California have engaged in productive settlement negotiations over the past several weeks and the Department is encouraged by the progress between the parties; we hope to be able to reach a final settlement in the near future. In...
    May 14, 2021Statement of Federal Railroad Administration Deputy Administrator Amit Bose on California High-Speed Rail Project Litigation“DOT and the State of California have engaged in productive settlement negotiations over the past several weeks and the Department is encouraged by the progress between the parties; we hope to be able to reach a final settlement in the near future. In...
    April 27, 2021U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg Announces $1.69 Billion for Amtrak in Response to COVID-19WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg today announced that the Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is making more than $1.69 billion available to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (...
    April 13, 2021FRA Taking Steps to Advance Minority and Women Owned Business Participation in Federally Funded Rail ProjectsUnderscoring the Biden-Harris Administration’s focus on promoting diversity and inclusion, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is conducting a first of its kind nationwide small, minority-owned and woman-owned...
    April 13, 2021FRA Taking Steps to Advance Minority and Women Owned Business Participation in Federally Funded Rail Projects
    March 26, 2021USDOT Intern Program Applications Open Now!This is to announce that the DOT Secretarial Intern Program (SIP) vacancy announcement is now open to students interested in a summer internship with the Department of Transportation.  The vacancy can be found at...
    February 12, 2021The FRA Administrator’s Declaration of Emergency Event: Polar VortexNOTICE

Pursuant to Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) § 211.45, Federal Railroad Administration Administrator (acting) Amit Bose has determined that the imminent threat of extreme cold, ice, wind, and severe winter...

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