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National Perspective

FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

April 17, 2012

Canada-United States Transportation Border Working Group - Spring Plenary

Cross-Border Passenger Rail Subcommittee Session

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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 2009.** Includes all appropriated TIGER Program funding, not exclusively passenger rail projects.

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Key passenger rail investments since 2009

Pacific Northwest | $814MPopulation: 8.4MWorld’s 30th largest economy

California | $4,239MPopulation: 38M

World’s 9th largest economy

Northeast | $3,715M*Population: 52MWorld’s 5th largest economy

Southeast | $700MPopulation: 18MWorld’s 20th largest economy

Midwest | $2,586MPopulation: 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.

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Key passenger rail investments since 2009

• 11 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 withplanning projects

State withPE/NEPA projects

State withboth project types

Southwest Planning

Northeast Corridor Planning

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FY 2013 budget priorities

1. Maintaining a safe rail system

2. Developing successful projects

3. Preparing for the future of rail

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