INVESTING IN AMERICA: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $11 Billion in Grants and Financing for Nation’s Most Complex Infrastructure Project, the Hudson River Tunnel

Hundreds of thousands of commuters travel through the 114-year-old passenger rail tunnel daily, underscoring need to replace and modernize this vital corridor damaged during 2012’s Superstorm Sandy

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg Delivers Remarks at Groundbreaking in North Carolina for New Passenger Rail Route Connecting Raleigh and Richmond

RALEIGH, N.C. – Today, seven months after first announcing the funding award, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg joined Governor Roy Cooper for the groundbreaking for the Durant Rail Grade Separation project. This investment in North Carolina’s passenger rail infrastructure, made possible...

FRA Continues Strengthening Rail Safety Through New Rules Requiring Certification of Dispatchers and Signal Employees

Final rules announced today will require railroads to certify train dispatchers and signal employees and bolster training requirements

Transcript of U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg Remarks at Announcement of Safe Train Crew Size Final Rule - Washington, DC

Well, Thanks very much, David. I'll be more popular at home with my two-year-old son, now that he knows that I've been standing with firefighters today. And I want to recognize so many of the workers who are represented here, who have been fighting for safe crew sizes for some time. ...

FRA Makes More Than $2 Billion in New Funding Available to Continue Improving America’s Busiest Passenger Rail Corridor

Made possible by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, investments will further Biden Administration efforts to repair and rebuild vital infrastructure along the Northeast Corridor

Secretary Buttigieg’s Remarks at Historic Groundbreaking in Las Vegas for the Brightline West High-Speed Rail Project

Secretary Buttigieg and other administration officials joined members of the NV federal delegation, Brightline founder Wes Edens, and Southern Nevada Building Trades’ Vince Saavedra to ceremoniously hammer rail spikes to celebrate the start of construction

ICYMI: Secretary Buttigieg Op-Ed: What We Owe the People of East Palestine

Today, in a new op-ed published in TIME, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg emphasized what is at stake in the safety of our nation’s railroad system

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Final Rule on Train Crew Size Safety Requirements to Improve Rail Safety

Long-awaited rule enhances rail safety by generally requiring a second crewmember on Class I freight and passenger trains

FRA Makes More Than $2.4 Billion in CRISI Grant Funding Available to Improve America’s Freight and Intercity Passenger Rail Network

Funded by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, this popular grant program helps communities big and small invest in rail safety and stronger supply chains, and supports regional short line railroads

FACT SHEET ON RAIL SAFETY

Under the Biden-Harris Administration, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) have taken unprecedented actions to improve rail safety, announcing hundreds of projects to modernize and upgrade rail infrastructure nationwide thanks to funding in the...

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