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The FRA just released the full list of CRISI grants for Rail safety improvements, let's cover the some of the ones related to passenger rail.

FY 2022 Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvement Program Selections: Project Summaries | FRA

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First California High-speed Rail has received 200 million for 6 grade separation projects

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SMART in Sonoma County has received 31 million for the replacement of diesel locomotives with low emission locomotives as well as building out grade separation projects to access more rural parts of the county

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The NEC is receiving 8 million for fencing around tracks to increase safety

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Brightline has received 1 million to design an anti trespassing software to increase safety

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moonpill asked:

thoughts on brightline 👀

The US will bend over backwards to have a private company do a worse job than the government does if you give it a fancy coat of paint

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Stop saying Brightline is High-speed rail and definitely stop saying it’s the nation’s first, the Acela Corridor has not been going at upwards of 165 mph since fucking 2000, for you to call Brightline which goes at 79 mph high speed rail

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sexdrugsrocknrain asked:

Mr Amtrak they’re putting a brightline train that runs to Miami in my state :D

Congrats for being in Florida I guess. That’s something I will probably never say again

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Environmental review for Victor Valley to Rancho Cucamonga has also been completed by Brightline west, making the project shovel ready for its construction start date of this fall

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Anonymous asked:

How do you feel about the Brightline in FL?

Better than nothing, I personally feel all transit should be public, but their service is good. I do however see it failing in the future due to its ownership structure so basically doing my job for me with the track improvements

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I have such a love hate relationship with brightline because they are doing a good service and are putting in a lot of good work, and paying unions and making a high speed rail line and all but they have such guady stations and they really should publicly owned and they feel pretentious and are lying and claiming the Acela isn’t high speed, but none of that matters too much honestly I have faith they’ll run out of money and with luck be nationalized