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Federal Railroad Administration. National Perspective. April 17, 2012 Canada-United States Transportation Border Working Group - Spring Plenary Cross-Border Passenger Rail Subcommittee Session. FRA: Office of Railroad Policy and Development. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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National Perspective
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
April 17, 2012
Canada-United States Transportation Border Working Group - Spring Plenary
Cross-Border Passenger Rail Subcommittee Session
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Rail Program Federal Funding ($M)
HSIPR $10,190
Amtrak Capital $5,117
Rail Line Relocation $70
Disaster Assistance $20
TIGER Program** $3,127
RRIF* $896
Railroad Research & Development $142
TOTAL $19,562
FRA: Office of Railroad Policy and Development
Federal Funding for FRA Programs (FY09–12)
Mission: To improve railroad safety, efficiency and capacity through financial assistance, research, development and the application of innovative technologies.
* Includes all RRIF loans closed since FY 2009.** Includes all appropriated TIGER Program funding, not exclusively passenger rail projects.
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Key passenger rail investments since 2009
Pacific Northwest | $814MPopulation: 8.4MWorld’s 30th largest economy
California | $4,239MPopulation: 38M
World’s 9th largest economy
Northeast | $3,715M*Population: 52MWorld’s 5th largest economy
Southeast | $700MPopulation: 18MWorld’s 20th largest economy
Midwest | $2,586MPopulation: 56M
World’s 7th largest economy
* Includes all Federal funding for the Northeast Corridor and HSIPR program funding for the Northeast Region.
GOAL: Within 25 years, our goal is to give 80 percent of Americans access to a high-speed rail network.
Portland UnionStation
Before
After
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Key passenger rail investments since 2009
• 11 State rail plans & 25 corridor plans• 38 PE/NEPA projects• 2 multi-state planning projects
Pipeline: $542M in planning, preliminary engineering, and environmental analysis across the country
State withplanning projects
State withPE/NEPA projects
State withboth project types
Southwest Planning
Northeast Corridor Planning
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FY 2013 budget priorities
1. Maintaining a safe rail system
2. Developing successful projects
3. Preparing for the future of rail
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