Employees will be trained. 29 of Commuter Railroads will be installed by the end of 2015. And full implementations is predict jekted by 2020. They will finalize enforcement for those railroads that will miss the deadline. As for any regulatory enforcement posture our goal is to bring Railroad News compliance as quickly and safely as possible. Starting on january 1st, fra will impose penalties on railroads that have not implemented ptc and fines will be based on penalty guidelines which establish different penalties based on violations and will be assessed per violation, per day. The total amount of penalty each railroad faces depends on the amount of penalty progress the railroad has made and fra is planning for what will come after the january 1st deadline. In both 2014 and 2015 the department and fra asked congress to provide fra with additional authorities that would address the safety gap that will exist on many railroads between january 1, 2016, and each railroad full ptc implemen
And this month with congress on the summer recess, the cities tour is on cspan each day at 6 00 p. M. Today we tour the literary life of waco, texas, with the book about gospel music from the civil war to the civil rights movement. The story of the 1917 lynching of a black 17yearold and the history of the first africanamericans in the space program. Today at 6 00 p. M. Eastern time. A hearing now on new technologies to improper the safety and efficiency of the nations Transportation Systems. Officials from volvo group north america, zahn, bnsf railway and the port of long beach testify before the Senate Commerce committee. Good afternoon, everyone. I am pleased to convene the Senate Subcommittee on surface transportation and merchant marine infrastructure safety and security for the sixth hearing which is titled technologies, transforming transportation, is the government keeping up. Mr. Booker and i are excited to bring together a range of issues we have worked on together here in the