FRA awards $16.4 Billion in Passenger Rail Grants, $10 Billion to Amtrak
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced recipients of the first of two highly-anticipated grant programs created by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Program (Fed-State NEC) funds intercity rail projects along the Northeast Corridor (NEC), a railway line that connects Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. and serves as one of the world's…