Brightline West - Las Vegas to Victor Valley (formally XpressWest)

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is the lead federal agency for the environmental review of the DesertXpress High-Speed Passenger Train project, which was rebranded as the XpressWest project in 2012, and rebranded again in 2022 as the Brightline West – Las Vegas to Victor Valley Project.

Washington Union Station Expansion Project: June 29, 2023 Consulting Parties Meeting

Washington Union Station Expansion Project Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS): Public Hearing Boards - June 27, 2023

Washington Union Station Expansion Project Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS): Public Hearing Presentation - June 27, 2023

High-Strength, Reduced-Modulus, High-Performance Concrete for Prestressed Concrete Crosstie Applications

High-performance concrete (HPC) with early strength development is the material of choice for fabricating prestressed concrete railroad ties. However, the higher strength of HPC results in significantly higher elastic modulus values and increases the rigidity of the tie, leading to higher...

Belt Railway of Chicago 242 Program Approval Letter

Belt Railway of Chicago 240 Program Approval Letter

Safety Bulletin 2023-06; Employee Amputation – Flat Switching, Kicking Operations and Securement

Characterization of Track Geometry for Various Operational Conditions

This report characterizes the amplitude and wavelength content of the current track geometry environment of the United States railroad system and examines the combination of geometric parameters for different operational conditions. The analyzed track geometry dataset consists of over 49,000...

Privacy Policy For the HOS (Hours of Service) Manual Mobile Application

Overview

The Hours of Service (HOS) Manual mobile application is developed by the Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). The primary purpose of the HOS Manual application is to provide clarification on hours of service requirements found at 49 CFR Part 228, Hours of Service Recordkeeping, and FRA hours of service interpretations and policies.

Information Collected

No information about the user or their device is collected by the HOS Manual application.

Uses of Information

No information about the user or their device is collected by the HOS Manual application.

Information Storage and Retention

No information is stored or retained as part of the HOS Manual application.

Use of Third-party API

No third-party API is used by the HOS Manual application.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

No user information is collected or shared by the HOS Manual application.

Application Security

This mobile application does not collect any information about the user or their device. The app was developed using best practices for securely utilizing the Android Software Development Kit (SDK).  No API is used, and no third-party services are allowed direct access to the user’s device. The HOS Manual is sandboxed and cannot access other apps or share data between apps installed on the mobile device. 

How to Access or Correct your Information

The HOS Manual mobile application does not collect any information about the user or their device. The DOT FRA provides transparency about the collection, utilization, and retention of user data through this Privacy Policy. Users may request more information regarding this Mobile App by contacting the DOT Privacy Office via email privacy@dot.gov..

Analytics Tools

The HOS Manual application does not use any third-party analytics tools.

Privacy Policy Contact Information

Users may contact the FRA Privacy Office by e-mailing privacy@dot.gov.