The Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) grant program will fund more than $368 million to 46 projects in 32 states and the District of Columbia.
These investments will play a crucial role in modernizing the U.S. rail infrastructure and strengthening supply chains, helping to reduce congestion and enabling faster and more affordable transportation. The program will create jobs and benefit urban and rural communities across the country.
The selected projects will improve and expand passenger rail, fund conventional and high-speed rail, increase supply chain resilience and fluidity, support short-line railroads, invest in new technology and safety advancements, and benefit rail industry workforce development and training activities.
President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has nearly tripled funding for this critical rail infrastructure program to $1 billion a year for the next five years.
“Americans deserve a world-class rail system that allows people and goods to get where they need to go more quickly and affordably while reducing traffic and pollution on our roads,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. “We’re proud to award these grants to improve passenger rail for riders and strengthen the freight rail that makes our supply chains and our economy work.”
CRISI aims to advance intercity passenger and freight rail projects that promote the Federal Railroad Administration’s key goals of safety, economic growth, transportation equity, and sustainable and resilient infrastructure. CRISI-funded projects will enhance multimodal connections, address slow orders, and repair 100-year-old tracks to speed up the movement of goods from ports to rail to trucks to shelves.
