Tag: FRA
Audit Initiated of FRA’s Oversight of Federal Funding for Amtrak
Since fiscal year 2017, Congress has appropriated nearly $7.4 billion to the Department of Transportation for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), including $2...
Improved FRA Decision Making and Financial Oversight Processes Could Have Reduced Federal Risks from...
What We Looked At
Between 2009 and 2011, Congress cumulatively appropriated $10.2 billion for the High Speed Intercity Passenger Rail (HSIPR) program. As of April...
FRA issues $250 million NOFO for PTC projects
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for $250 million in Positive Train Control (PTC) Systems Grants.
B&P Tunnel Replacement Project environmental review process concludes
The Federal Railroad Administration issued a Record of Decision for the Baltimore and Potomac (B&P) Tunnel Project, concluding the environmental review process.
FRA recommends upgrades along the Northeast Corridor
After four years of working with the Northeast states, federal and state partner agencies and dozens and dozens of public meetings, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recommended a vision to build a better and stronger Northeast Corridor (NEC) over the next 30 years.
