{"id":37961,"date":"2015-09-04T09:22:19","date_gmt":"2015-09-04T13:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smart-union.dev\/news\/university-of-illinois-opens-cutting-edge-rail-lab\/"},"modified":"2015-09-04T09:22:19","modified_gmt":"2015-09-04T13:22:19","slug":"university-of-illinois-opens-cutting-edge-rail-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/university-of-illinois-opens-cutting-edge-rail-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Illinois opens cutting-edge rail lab","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
By DOT Assistant Secretary Greg Winfree<\/em><\/p>\n Last month, I had the pleasure of touring the new lab and helping\u00a0celebrate its official opening<\/a>.\u00a0 There’s no question that this world-class facility –funded by DOT’s Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, the Federal Railroad Administration, railroads, and rail industry suppliers– underscores RailTEC\u2019s status as a national leader for rail transportation research and innovation.<\/p>\nIt’s no secret that freight rail and rail transit services are growing. With transit ridership breaking records year after year and expanded domestic fuel production putting more energy freight on the network, the rail industry in North America just continues to grow. This growing demand for rail services is exactly why the new\u00a0Research and Innovation Laboratory<\/a>\u00a0(RAIL) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s\u00a0Rail Tech and Engineering Center<\/a>\u00a0(RailTEC) is so important.<\/p>\n