Title: Federal Railroad Administration - Wikipedia
Headings: Federal Railroad Administration
Federal Railroad Administration
Contents
Function
Recent safety initiatives
List of administrators
Northeast Corridor Future
National Rail Plan
Background
The goal
High-speed intercity travel
See also
Gallery
References
External links

Content: These regulations include enforcement of positive train control and enforcement of more stringent conductor certification requirements. FRA Inspection Train in St. Johnsville, New York
Recent safety initiatives
In 2011, the FRA began the process of updating its electronic device policy for active train operators. In June 2015, the FRA announced a railway safety initiative with Google that would include the FRAs GIS data into its mapping services. The data pinpoints the location of over 250,000 rail crossings in the United States. The FRA believes that providing the location of rail crossings in maps will enhance crossing safety by people who are using navigation systems while driving. List of administrators
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Name
Year began
Year end
Appointed by

A. Scheffer Lang
1967
1969
Lyndon B. Johnson

Reginald Whitman
1969
1970
Richard Nixon

John W. Ingram
1971
1974
Richard Nixon

Asaph H. Hall
1974
1977
Richard Nixon

John M. Sullivan
1977
1981
Jimmy Carter

Robert W. Blanchette
1981
1983
Ronald Reagan

John H. Riley
1983
1989
Ronald Reagan

Gilbert Carmichael
1989
1993
George H. W. Bush

Jolene Molitoris
1993
2000
Bill Clinton

Allan Rutter
2001
2004
George W. Bush

Betty Monro (acting)
2004
2005
George W. Bush

Robert D. Jamison (acting)
2005
2005
George W. Bush

Joseph H. Boardman
2005
2008
George W. Bush

Clifford C. Eby (acting)
2008
2009
George W. Bush

Joe Szabo
2009
2014
Barack Obama

Sarah Feinberg
2015
2017
Barack Obama

Patrick T. Warren (acting)
2017
2017
Donald Trump

Heath Hall (acting)
2017
2018
Donald Trump

Juan Reyes (acting)
2018
2018
Donald Trump

Ronald Batory
2018
2021
Donald Trump

Amit Bose (acting)
2021
Present
Joe Biden
Northeast Corridor Future
The FRA's Northeast Corridor (NEC) Future is a long-term plan aimed at improving the nation's Northeast Corridor. The NEC Future plan consists of four components, also known as the Selective Alternative, which are: Improve rail service, Modernize NEC infrastructure, Expand rail capacity, and Study New Haven to Providence capacity. These four components all aim to improve the reliability and performance of the NEC system, whether it be through intercity or regional means. The Selective Alternative looks to do four major things: