交通部宣布23亿美元铁路投资 惠及45州与华盛顿特区105个货运与客运项目
美国交通部（USDOT）10月19日在华盛顿宣布，联邦铁路管理局（FRA）将通过「铁路基础设施与安全改进综合计划」（CRISI）投资23亿美元，用于45个州与华盛顿特区的105个货运与客运铁路项目，全美超过2,000英里的轨道将得到改善。交通部表示，本轮 CRISI 申请数量创下纪录。
交通部称，入选项目还将获得州、地方与私营伙伴提供的超过19亿美元非联邦配套资金。本轮获资项目中金额最大的一笔为威斯康星州交通厅的 Hiawatha West 项目，获2.18亿美元：将把 Chicago 至 Milwaukee 的 Hiawatha 城际客运服务延伸至 Waukesha、Jefferson 与 Dane 三县，修复并扩建轨道、桥梁与道口容量，并新建城际客运车站。
其他获资项目包括：Wheeling & Lake Erie 铁路公司获4,350万美元，修复 Ohio 州 Toledo 的 Maumee River 铁路桥 Toledo Swing Bridge 的11个桥跨中的8个，使其可承载28.6万磅货车；缅因州交通厅获3,700万美元，修复该州北部约90英里铁路线；Arkansas & Missouri 铁路公司获3,360万美元，改善 Fort Smith, Arkansas 至 Monett, Missouri 之间的线路；Texas City Terminal 铁路公司获3,000万美元，调整 Port of Texas 车辆入口并扩建编组场；Aberdeen Carolina & Western 铁路公司获2,000万美元，在北卡罗来纳州 Montgomery 与 Stanly 两县铺设约30英里连续焊接长轨、修复桥梁并更新道口信号。
交通部长 Sean P. Duffy 表示，这批投资将释放地方经济活力并带来实实在在的安全升级，从改善短线铁路基础设施与港口连接，到在违规穿越热点地段增设围栏，「将切实改善数百万美国人的生活」，也是交通部重振美国「铁路黄金时代」努力的一部分。联邦铁路管理局局长 David Fink 表示，这笔资金将帮助全美短线铁路完成拖延已久的日常运营改进，减少拥堵并改善运营。
DOT Announces $2.3 Billion Rail Investment Covering 105 Projects in 45 States and D.C.
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced in Washington on October 19 that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is investing $2.3 billion through the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Grant Program into 105 freight and passenger rail projects in 45 states and the District of Columbia, improving over 2,000 miles of track across America. The department said the CRISI program received a record number of eligible applications this cycle.
Selected projects will also receive over $1.9 billion in non-Federal funding from state, local, and private partners. The largest single award highlighted is $218 million for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation's Hiawatha West project, which will extend the existing Chicago-Milwaukee Hiawatha passenger rail service to Waukesha, Jefferson, and Dane counties, rehabilitate and expand the capacity of track, bridges, and crossings, and construct new intercity passenger rail stations.
Other awards include $43.5 million for the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway to rehabilitate eight of the 11 spans of the Toledo Swing Bridge over the Maumee River in Toledo, Ohio, enabling 286,000-pound railcar capacity; $37 million for the Maine Department of Transportation to rehabilitate approximately 90 miles of railroad line in Northern Maine; $33.6 million for the Arkansas & Missouri Railroad Company for track rehabilitation between Fort Smith, Arkansas, and Monett, Missouri; $30 million for the Texas City Terminal Railway Company to realign the Port of Texas vehicle entrance gate and expand its yard; and $20 million for the Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway Company to install approximately 30 miles of continuous welded rail, rehabilitate bridges, and modernize crossing signals in Montgomery and Stanly counties, North Carolina.
"Under President Trump, USDOT is investing in rail projects that will unleash local economies and deliver real safety upgrades," said U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy, adding that the package is part of the department's efforts to rekindle a Golden Age of Rail in America. FRA Administrator David Fink said the funds will provide shortline railroads across the country with the resources they need to make long overdue improvements to their day-to-day operations, reducing congestion and improving operations.
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图片来源：资料照片：德克萨斯州 Shallowater 附近一列 BNSF 铁路货运列车（2009年摄）。Leaflet 摄，CC BY-SA 3.0，经 Wikimedia Commons 发布。File photo: a BNSF freight train near Shallowater, Texas (2009). By Leaflet, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
