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Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) describes a process used to evaluate the collection of personal data in information systems. The objective of a PIA is to determine if collected personal information data is necessary and relevant. To accomplish this objective, a PIA is used to identify and...
Statement of Karl Alexy, Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer Federal Railroad Administration U.S. Department of Transportation
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...RRIF Express pilot provides expedited federal financing for short line and regional freight railroads, including $26 million in financial support
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) today announced a new pilot program to expedite long-term, low-cost...
What kind of data does Waze provide?
The U.S. DOT receives and curates both user-reported and auto-generated data from the Waze for Cities. These data are available for approved users and they cover the entire United States. Among other things, the data show traffic incidents and jams...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced more than $272 million in grant funding to 10 rail projects in 10 states. Funding is provided through FRA’s Federal-State Partnership for State of Good Repair Program (SOGR Program) and...
On June 3, 2019, various State Departments of Transportation, representatives from the auto industry, and users met at DOT headquarters in Washington, D.C. to describe their technology for traffic safety and congestion mitigation at a public conference.
After the Rail Safety Improvement Act became law in October 2008, in the eight years between Q1 2009 and Q4 2016, railroads had only implemented PTC on 10,163 of nearly 57,848 required route miles. By contrast, between the close of 2016 and the close of 2018, this improved to 45,933 out of...