Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 1/12/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation USDOT outlines automated vehicle policy U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said autonomous vehicles will have a "tremendous impact on society in terms of safety, mobility, and security." Photo – U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine…
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Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 1/12/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation UP estimates $6 billion benefit in 2017 from new tax law Union Pacific Railroad estimates that changes in the new tax law will provide a nearly $6 billion boost to the railroad's 2017 earnings.The Class I earlier this week disclosed the…
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 1/15/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation N.J., N.Y. congressmen call on Chao to fund Gateway rail project The states of New York and New Jersey have committed to funding $5 billion for the project to build a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River. Photo – Amtrak…
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 1/18/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation Congressmen press Amtrak for PTC status update U.S. Reps. Peter DeFazio (left) and Michael Capuano Photo – DeFazio and Capuano websites U.S. Reps. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) and Michael Capuano (D-Mass.) have asked Amtrak President and Chief Executive Officer Richard Anderson for…
* Heavy storm in central, south China snarls coal trains * Beijing has been moving coal mining to more remote hubs * Coal freight lines to major centers of demand are inadequate BEIJING, Feb 3 (Reuters) - China's worst blizzard this winter exposed a flaw in Beijing's drive to create remote coal mining hubs as…
(Updating throughout) * Utilities under pressure due to tight gas, coal supplies * Coal futures up more than 10 pct so far this year * Snowstorms sweep across central, southern provinces * Some provinces ration power to industrial users * China Rail has prioritised coal on congested network BEIJING, Jan 29 (Reuters) - China's worst…
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — The remaking of the state's transit agency, characterized recently as "a national disgrace" by Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy, continued Tuesday with the naming of a new executive director plucked from a major international engineering and construction firm. Kevin Corbett awaits approval by the New Jersey Transit board. If approved, he…
If there is one thing Americans can agree on these days, it is that our infrastructure is a mess. In his first State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Donald Trump focused on the issue. He called for a $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill to help rebuild our nation's crumbling infrastructure. To fund the plan,…
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 1/22/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation Brightline steps up safety initiatives in response to rail-crossing deaths Brightline President and COO Patrick Goddard held a press conference last week to announce additional safety initiatives on the passenger-rail service's route. Photo – Brightline Brightline executives are expanding safety outreach…
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 1/26/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation NTSB: Amtrak engineer missed speed-limit sign before train derailed Derailed passenger cars on Interstate 5. Photo – NTSB The engineer of the Amtrak Cascades train missed seeing a speed-limit sign before the train derailed from an overpass in Washington state last…