Feb 2, 2012 9:00 am18 views
The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded a grant of $3.5 million to a multi-university consortium led by the UI's Urbana campus to establish a rail transportation and engineering research center. Headquartered within the department of civil and environmental engineering at Illinois, the National University Rail Center will focus on rail education and research to improve railroad safety, efficiency and reliability. Particular focus will be on challenges associated with rail corridors in which higher-speed passenger trains share infrastructure with freight trains.