DOT Grant Gives MTD $17 Million For Terminal Expansion
The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District a grant of more than $17 million for its Illinois Terminal expansion project.
Putting On The Brakes: Transportation Department Rolls Back Oil Train Regulation
The U.S. Department of Transportation has removed a regulation meant to force trains carrying crude oil or other flammable liquids to adopt electronic braking technology by 2020. Electronically Controlled Pneumatic brakes — or ECP brakes — are meant to stop train cars and keep them from slamming into each other when a train derails.