Project Grant 69A36523403860CRSFL
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) awarded Brightline Trains Florida LLC a $2.06 million Project Grant under the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) program (CFDA 20.325) effective September 1, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2028. The project develops and deploys trespasser detection technology along the Florida East Coast Railroad right of way from Miami to Cocoa. The solution combines recording systems, artificial...
- The federal Project Grant award, funded by the Federal Railroad Administration under the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) program (CFDA 20.325), will develop and demonstrate an artificial intelligence-based method to detect and assess trespassing incidents at five grade crossing areas. The project, awarded to Rutgers, The State University in the amount of $1,001,053.00 on February 1, 2024, will be conducted in partnership with rail industry stakeholders...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) awarded $1.0 million to the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) on December 1, 2025, under a Project Grant to develop a comprehensive toolbox of data-driven approaches for reducing injuries and fatalities associated with railroad trespassing in Maryland. The project will conduct technical analysis, stakeholder outreach, and feasibility studies to assess trespassing on active railroad rights-of-way and identify...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Operation Lifesaver, Inc. received a $375,000 Project Grant from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Technical Assistance and Workforce Development program (CFDA 20.531), awarded April 14, 2026, with completion by September 1, 2027. The award funds a comprehensive rail safety initiative extending Operation Lifesaver's existing motorist and pedestrian safety messaging to the transit community, including commuter railroads, subway systems, light...
- This Project Grant award from the Federal Railroad Administration (CFDA 20.301 - Railroad Safety) provides $1,333,333.00 in funding to Operation Lifesaver, Inc. to administer public information, education, and awareness programs. The grant supports activities to help prevent and reduce pedestrian, motor vehicle, and other accidents, incidents, injuries, and fatalities, as well as improve awareness along railroad rights-of-way and at highway-rail grade crossings in the United States....
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) awarded the State of Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) $13.86 million through a Project Grant effective December 1, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2029. This award funds the Central Florida Rail Corridor (CFRC) Crossings and Trespassing Safety Improvements project, which addresses critical safety enhancements at rail crossings and implements measures to reduce trespassing incidents along the designated...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Operation Lifesaver, Inc. has received a $1.33 million Project Grant from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) under the Railroad Safety program (CFDA 20.301), effective September 1, 2025, through January 31, 2027. The grant supports Operation Lifesaver's administration of public information, education, and awareness programs designed to prevent and reduce pedestrian, motor vehicle, and other accidents, incidents, injuries, and fatalities related to...
- This $11,000,000 Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) program grant, awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (CFDA 20.325), will fund the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) to conduct a programmatic National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) corridor study and a Northeast Corridor (NEC) corridor-wide survey. The goal is to generate information needed to inform future fence installation at sites vulnerable to and at elevated risk for trespassing...
- Federal Railroad Administration Railroad Crossing Elimination Program Award Summary The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) awarded $19.3 million to the Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization on May 1, 2025, under the Railroad Crossing Elimination (CFDA 20.327) program to enhance safety at highway-rail grade crossings along the Florida East Coast Railway Brightline shared-use corridor in Broward County. The project involves design and construction of supplemental safety measures at 21 of...
- The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) awarded a $11,000,000 Project Grant under the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) program to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) to implement a 12-month engineering track foremen inspectors workforce development apprenticeship training program. This program will provide upward mobility training for 25 employees in the pilot class and an additional 35 employees to become engineering track foremen responsible...
THE GRANTEE WILL PERFORM RAIL TRESPASSING ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES AND REPORT THOSE ACTIVITIES AND ASSOCIATED BENEFITS TOFRA. THE ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN WITH SUPPORT FROM THIS GRANT AND THEIR BENEFITS WILL NOT ONLY REDUCE THE NUMBER OFTRESPASSER INCIDENTS BUT WILL ALSO HELP FRA TARGET AND DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VARIOUS RAIL TRESPASS PREVENTIONACTIVITIES, CONSISTENT WITH FRA S CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED, NATIONAL STRATEGY TO PREVENT TRESPASSING ON RAILROADPROPERTY.THE GRANTEE S APPLICATION FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES, WHICH WILL BE FURTHER DETAILED IN THEDETAILED WORK PLAN (DWP) DESCRIBED BELOW HOLLYWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT (HPD) WILL PATROL THE AMTRAK SOUTH FLORIDAREGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY TRI RAIL LINE BY ACCESSING THE EASEMENT ON FOOT, ON POLICE BICYCLE, ATV OR UTV, OR OTHERSUITABLE POLICE VEHICLE, AND NOTIFY THE DEPARTMENT S NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES UNIT OF ANY ENCAMPMENTS DISCOVERED.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | ($68k) | 5/21/24 | ||
| Not listed | $120.0k | 3/10/23 |