1 National Perspective FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION April 17, 2012 Canada-United States Transportation Border Working Group - Spring Plenary Cross-Border Passenger Rail Subcommittee Session
2 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 ** Includes all appropriated TIGER Program funding, not exclusively passenger rail projects.
3 Key passenger rail investments since 2009 Pacific Northwest | $814M Population: 8.4M World’s 30th largest economy California | $4,239M Population: 38M World’s 9th largest economy Northeast | $3,715M* Population: 52M World’s 5th largest economy Southeast | $700M Population: 18M World’s 20th largest economy Midwest | $2,586M Population: 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 Union Station Before After
4 Key passenger rail investments since 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 with planning projects State with PE/NEPA projects State with both project types Southwest Planning Northeast Corridor Planning
5 FY 2013 budget priorities 1.Maintaining a safe rail system 2.Developing successful projects 3.Preparing for the future of rail 1 2 3
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