Issue / Railroads
Railroads have been a vital aspect of the transportation system for nearly 200 years. Moving both passengers and freight, railroads offer high capacity and efficient transportation options. Freight railroads in the United States are mostly owned by private companies, who maintain and operate their system using wholly private revenues. 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-own track.
Commerce Hearing Addresses Transpo Network Performance Issues
Sep 09, 2015 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONFebruary 4, 2015 Last week on January 29, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation’s Subcommittee on...
New FRA Report Details PTC Implementation Woes
Sep 08, 2015 | Jeff DavisAugust 12, 2015 Last Friday afternoon, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) submitted a report to Congress detailing the...
July 30, 2015 9:52 a.m. – House and Senate Almost Over DRIVE
Jul 30, 2015 | Jeff DavisJuly 30, 2015 The Senate today is expected to pass both short-term and longer-term surface transportation legislation that will lay...
Senators Introduce Amtrak Bill; Homeland Funding and STB Reauthorization Advance
Jun 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisJune 19, 2015 Since yesterday morning’s regular issue of Eno Transportation Weekly came out, three important things have...
What Does the Amtrak Incident Tell Us About How We Can Improve Safety?
Jun 01, 2015 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONWe still do not know the cause of the Amtrak crash that killed 8 people and injured 200. But this has not stopped people from...
1978 White House Strategy Memo on Trucking and Rail Deregulation Proposals
May 13, 2015 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONMay 13, 2015 Today, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee held a hearing on the 35th anniversary of the Staggers Rail...
1975 White House Freight Rail Assistance Decision Memo
May 08, 2015 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONMay 8, 2015 This week’s ETW Document of the Week is from 40 years ago - the briefing papers prepared for President Ford in late...
House’s FY 2016 USDOT Appropriations Bill Cuts Discretionary Spending, Freezes Major HTF Accounts; Bans Some Cuba Travel
Apr 28, 2015 | Jeff DavisApril 28, 2015 The House Appropriations Committee released the full text of the proposed Transportation-Housing appropriations bill...
Virginia’s Commitment to Transit Funding Creates a Wealth of New Projects Benefiting the Commonwealth
Apr 19, 2015 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONVirginia has a long history of commitment to mass transit. The Washington, D.C. region's Metro system, the result of a 1967 interstate...
Funding for freight can be a critical element for the next transportation bill
Feb 19, 2015 | Paul LewisThe United States currently lacks a comprehensive national freight policy. Over the past several years, there has been extensive...
2015: Year of Opportunity for Federal Transportation Policy?
Dec 25, 2014 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONAs we look back on 2014, it is hard to draw many positive conclusions about recent progress on federal transportation policy. Congress...
Overview of Final FY 2015 USDOT Appropriations
Dec 09, 2014 | Jeff DavisDecember 9, 2014 – 9:05 p.m. Initial overview. The omnibus package will take the form of a House amendment to the Senate...
*New: Click here to download track maintenance data used in this report. Public transit maintenance is not often headline news. Yet with high profile closures and disruptions to rail systems in major metropolitan areas like New York, Baltimore, and Washington, the condition of this...