12.4亿美元、91项拨款消除危险平交道：交通部宣布覆盖37州的铁路安全投资
华盛顿——美国交通部（Department of Transportation，DOT）10月30日发布新闻稿宣布，交通部长 Sean P. Duffy 宣布联邦铁路管理局（Federal Railroad Administration，FRA）通过2025—2026财年「铁路平交道消除计划」（Railroad Crossing Elimination，RCE），投入12.4亿美元铁路安全基础设施资金，以91项拨款覆盖全美37个州。
交通部表示，这笔资金将用于消除不安全的公路—铁路冲突点、关闭平面交叉道口（平交道），并升级铁路交通信号，让危险道口不再与公路交通相互干扰。
获拨款项目遍布全美多地。德州交通厅获4,600万美元，在 Fort Worth 兴建一座立体跨线桥，让 RM 2871 公路从联合太平洋铁路与 Aledo Road 上方通过，消除冲突点、提高应急响应可靠性并减少道口堵塞。密苏里州 Kansas City 港务局获7,200万美元，通过立体分离消除三处现有平交道。爱达荷州 Nampa 市获4,300万美元，消除一处平交道并在 Robinson Road 与 Greenhurst Road 立交项目中兴建立体分离设施，该道口经常发生堵塞。
其余公布的项目还包括：佐治亚州交通厅获3,170万美元，为全州约31处高风险平交道升级铁路优先信号与交通信号的联动互联；亚利桑那州 Marana 市获640万美元，推进 Tangerine Road 与 I-10 未来立体分离的前期开发与设计；明尼苏达州 Saint Louis 县获170万美元，评估一条加拿大国家铁路干线走廊沿线四处平交道的长期方案，包括关闭、立体分离或安全改进。
交通部长 Sean P. Duffy 表示，保护出行公众、强化作为全国交通系统骨干的铁路网，是本届政府让人员与货物运输更顺畅承诺的一部分；他说，交通部今年以来已在美国铁路上投入近100亿美元，后续还有更多投资，这批最新投入将继续改善乘客、铁路工人以及与这些交通走廊共用道路的民众的安全。
联邦铁路管理局局长 David Fink 表示，这批 RCE 拨款将为全国各地社区提供资金，让公路—铁路平交道更安全、减少道口堵塞事件；这些有针对性的投资将挽救生命、预防事故、减少延误。
交通部介绍，RCE 计划的合格申请按项目准备程度、技术价值与项目效益等优劣标准评审，入选项目完整名单由交通部公布。此次宣布之前，联邦铁路管理局本月早些时候已通过「铁路基础设施与安全改进综合计划」（CRISI）投入23亿美元，覆盖45个州与 Washington 特区的105个货运与客运铁路项目；今年8月，交通部还宣布了53亿美元的铁路项目投资。
关联：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
关联：10.1亿美元投向297个项目：交通部宣布覆盖全美50州的更安全交通基建投资
$1.24 Billion in 91 Grants to Eliminate Dangerous Rail Crossings: DOT Announces Rail Safety Investment Across 37 States
Washington — The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced on October 30 that Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy is investing $1.24 billion into rail safety infrastructure through the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), according to the department's press release. The money flows through 91 grants across 37 states under the FY 25-26 Railroad Crossing Elimination (RCE) Grant Program.
The department said the dollars will go toward eliminating unsafe highway-rail conflict points, closing at-grade crossings, and upgrading railroad traffic signals, deconflicting dangerous rail crossings and saving lives in the 37 states.
Projects are spread from coast to coast. The Texas Department of Transportation received $46 million to support construction of a grade-separated overpass carrying RM 2871 over the Union Pacific Railroad and Aledo Road in Fort Worth, Texas, eliminating the highway-rail conflict point, improving emergency response reliability, and reducing blocked crossings. The Port Authority of Kansas City received $72 million to eliminate three existing at-grade crossings through a grade separation in Kansas City, Missouri. The City of Nampa, Idaho, received $43 million to eliminate an at-grade crossing and construct a grade separation as part of the Robinson Road and Greenhurst Road Overpass Project, at a crossing that frequently experiences blockages.
Other announced projects include $31.7 million to the Georgia Department of Transportation to upgrade railroad preemption interconnection to traffic signals at approximately 31 high-risk railroad crossings across the state; $6.4 million for the City of Marana, Arizona, to advance development and design concepts for a future grade separation on Tangerine Road and I-10; and $1.7 million for the County of Saint Louis in Minnesota to evaluate four at-grade public roadway crossings along a Canadian National mainline corridor and develop long-term solutions such as closures, grade separations, or safety improvements.
Secretary Sean P. Duffy said protecting the traveling public and enhancing the nation's rail network, the backbone of its transportation system, is part of the administration's commitment to move people and products better than ever. He said the department has invested nearly $10 billion in American rail this year alone, with more on the way, and that the latest investments will continue to improve the safety of passengers, rail workers, and the Americans who share these transportation corridors.
FRA Administrator David Fink said the RCE grants announced today will provide communities nationwide with funding to make highway-rail grade crossings safer and reduce the occurrence of blocked crossings, and that the strategic investments will save lives, prevent accidents and reduce delays.
Eligible applications for the RCE Program were evaluated on merit, including project readiness, technical merit, and project benefits, and the full list of selected projects is published by the department. Today's investment follows FRA's $2.3 billion investment earlier this month into 105 freight and passenger rail projects across 45 states and the District of Columbia through the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Grant Program, and an August announcement of $5.3 billion for rail projects across the United States.
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