The Emerging U.S. Rail Industry: Opportunities to support ...

This paper examines the current state of the rail transit industry along with its manufacturing supply chain and provides recommendations about potential changes for policy makers and NIST MEP to consider. These recommendations are the opinions of the authors and are based upon the data and information collected and analyzed in the conduct of this study. The views expressed in the paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views or recommendations of the National Institute of Standards and Emerging Rail Industry: Opportunities to support American manufacturing and spur regional developmentThe Emerging Rail Industry1 Authors: Erik R. Pages, Brian Lombardozzi and Lindsey WoolseyErik R. Pages is President of EntreWorks Consulting, an economic development consulting firm based in Arlington, VA.

the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA), and previous legislation, these recent rail procurements contain “Buy America” provisions that require the use of goods manufactured in the United States. Currently, however, most rail equipment manufacturers are foreign-owned and limit U.S. activities to some final assembly work.

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