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- Lautenberg Pushes for Rail Safety Funding in U.S. Senate
- Bloomberg News RAIL OPERATORS ACROSS the United States have until 2015 to install equipment that helps trains brake in an emergency after the Senate approved new safety legislation late last week. The bill also would more than double funding for Amtrak, the U.S. passenger railroad, to $13.1 billion. Railways including...
- Research articles 2008-10-06
- Amtrak's high-tech asset management: software helps Amtrak manage infrastructure on its unique Northeast Corridor, where high-speed trains cohabit with commuter runs and freights
- Amtrak's Northeast Corridor between Washington, D.C., and Boston handles the fastest trains in the nation, but also hundreds of commuter trains and a fair number of freight trains. Asset management is a challenge in unique territory such as this, so Amtrak adopted a sophisticated software system to get the job...
- Research articles 2008-08-01
- Booming elsewhere, high-speed rail sees delays in US
- WASHINGTON AFP — In November the Eurostar bullet-train blew the doors off commuter rail travel, sprinting the 213 miles (343 kilometers) from London to Paris in two hours 15 minutes -- and leaving tortoise-slow US trains in the dust. Over a similar distance -- Washington to New York --...
- Research articles 2008-05-02
- City delays action on expansion of railroad service
- By Tim Hrenchir THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL The Topeka City Council will wait two weeks to consider a joint city-county resolution encouraging the expansion of railroad service options for residents of this area. The council voted Tuesday evening to add the measure to its meeting agenda,...
- Research articles 2008-04-03
- Woman killed by Amtrak train identified as Berkeley resident
- BERKELEY -- A woman who was struck and killed by an Amtrak train over the weekend has been identified as 59-year-old Melinda Jane Morales, of Berkeley, an Alameda County Coroner's Office spokesman said Monday. Morales was hit by the Amtrak Capital Corridor train No. 747 at 7:25...
- Research articles 2007-12-04
- Amtrak, Access America Announce New Partnership
- To: TRAVEL EDITORSContact: Caroline Platt, +1-804-788-1414, cplatt@hodgespart.com, for Access America RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Amtrak and Access America today announced a partnership that will offer rail passengers the option to purchase travel insurance protection for their trip.Confirmed passengers will be directed to a co-branded website, HYPERLINK "http://www.etravelprotection.com/amtrak" www.etravelprotection.com/amtrak,...
- Research articles 2007-09-11
- FRA wants safer vehicles
- For the Federal Railroad Administration, making the safest ground transport mode even safer has been an axiom, almost a mantra. And as transportation (and/or the transportation crisis) continues to grow within the U.S., FRA is anticipating the growth in the U.S. passenger rail fleet by moving to implement improved safety...
- Research articles 2007-09-01
- New Jersey Transit
- New Jersey Transit has found within its own ranks a successor to George Warrington as the agency's executive director: Richard Sarles, who has worked at NJT for five years overseeing capital programs. Warrington left in Marsh after five years on the Job and has formed a consultancy. Sarles has been...
- Research articles 2007-05-01
- In Senate, a big boost for Amtrak
- In a sign that Amtrak's political fortunes have shifted, Senate Democrats yesterday proposed a huge boost in funding for it that goes well beyond what even the rail line had requested from Congress. The chairman of the Senate budget committee, Kent Conrad, a North Dakota Democrat, announced a budget...
- Research articles 2007-03-15
- Letters to the editor
- Free to hurt ourselves On Jan. 31, The Topeka Capital-Journal reported on the death of a KU student east of Lawrence. He wasn't wearing a seat belt and was thrown from his vehicle. His passenger, who was wearing a belt, suffered only minor injuries. The same...
- Research articles 2007-02-12
- The New England Council Lauds U.S. House for Passing Spending Bill
- BOSTON -- The New England Council today lauded the U.S. House of Representatives for passing a spending bill which includes additional funding for several areas important to the New England economy. Last night, House members passed a bill which includes additional funding for many programs, including the National Institutes...
- Research articles 2007-02-02
- Slippery slope
- One problem political debaters often encounter when using a slippery-slope argument is that it's easy to overstate one's fears. So why do so many still use them? Simple; the argument is usually prescient. The slippery slope is employed when it's easy to see that if A happens, B will follow...
- Research articles 2007-01-22
- Por fin! Spanish: Amtrak.com
- Amtrak, the nation's largest passenger railway system, recently announced the launch of a complete Spanish-language version of its website, accessible at Espanol.Amtrak.com and Amtrak.com. Amtrak's website has long served as a valuable portal for passengers' rail-traveling needs. Now, by clicking on the "En Espanol" button on the Amtrak home...
- Research articles 2006-06-01
- Amtrak selects webMethods for IT infrastructure
- TELECOMWORLDWIRE-12 May 2006-Amtrak selects webMethods for IT infrastructureC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Components of the Fabric product suite from webMethods Inc (Nasdaq:WEBM), a business integration and optimisation software provider, have been selected by US rail service operator Amtrak as the foundation for its IT infrastructure. Amtrak is using...
- Research articles 2006-05-12
- Amtrak selects webMethods as SOA platform of choice; webMethods tapped to create Web services based interoperability between IT systems; Expected to improve customer service, trim operational costs and increase speed to market.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-11 May 2006-webMethods: Amtrak selects webMethods as SOA platform of choice; webMethods tapped to create Web services based interoperability between IT systems; Expected to improve customer service, trim operational costs and increase speed to marketC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:11052006 ...
- Research articles 2006-05-11
- Health coverage now
- Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney signed a bill into law Wednesday that requires virtually all state residents to have health insurance. The law says all individuals who can afford to buy insurance must do so. The state will subsidize coverage for low-income residents. Massachusetts has about 550,000 uninsured in a population...
- Research articles 2006-04-13
- Spanish-Language Amtrak.com Debuts; En Espanol Only a Click Away
- WASHINGTON and COCONUT CREEK, Fla. -- Amtrak today announced the launch of a complete Spanish-language version of its website, accessible at Espanol.Amtrak.com and Amtrak.com. Amtrak's website has long served as a valuable portal for passengers' rail-traveling needs. Now, by clicking on the "En Espanol" button on the Amtrak home...
- Research articles 2006-02-21
- Can't we do anything right?
- AFTER all that's taken place at Amtrak in the past few months, I'm almost embarrassed to write this column. I can just imagine what many of you IRJ readers--who probably take well-funded, well-patronised passenger trains for granted--must be thinking: "Those incompetent Americans. Their government wants to get rid of intercity...
- Research articles 2006-01-01
- Huffing and puffing
- Ever since Ronald Reagan slammed Jimmy Carter with the words, "There you go again," to counter one of Carter's distortions, the phrase has been used as a put down in political debate. It's used so often that it is almost a cliche. We don't much care for the phrase because...
- Research articles 2005-11-14
- Tunnel safety off the rails?(Amtrak railroad tunnel safety for public use)(Brief Article)
- IN THE RUSH to address new terrorist threats to metro trains, the government should not forget to address all related assets. Two analysts look at one such concern for railways--tunnels. Amtrak has done such a poor job of protecting critical tunnels along its lines that the tunnels...
- Research articles 2005-10-01
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