The Surface Transportation Board announced Monday, May 13, that it has adopted final mediation and arbitration rules that establish a new arbitration program under which shippers and railroads may agree in advance to voluntarily arbitrate certain types of disputes with...
With the Obama nomination of Anthony Foxx to become the next transportation secretary, chatter now focuses on the successor to Frank Mulvey at the three-member Surface Transportation Board (STB).
Democrat Mulvey’s second term expired Dec. 31, and by statute STB members...
The Surface Transportation Board announced May 1 that it has denied Union
Pacific’s (UP) petition requesting that the Board find
reasonable certain UP tariff provisions requiring shippers of
Toxic-by-Inhalation Hazardous (TIH) commodities to indemnify UP against all
liabilities not caused...
A multibillion-dollar antitrust suit alleging that four Class I railroads conspired to impose a uniform fuel surcharge on shippers will reach a crucial point on May 3, when a federal appeals court in Washington considers whether the case can proceed...
The U.S. needs “fair and clear long-term policies that encourage continued investment in railroad infrastructure, technology, and sustainability initiatives,” Norfolk Southern CEO Wick Moorman told a federal panel on April 24.
“Industries, jobs, and taxes want to go where the railroad...
The U.S. needs “fair and clear long-term policies that encourage continued investment in railroad infrastructure, technology, and sustainability initiatives,” Norfolk Southern CEO Wick Moorman told a federal panel on April 24.
“Industries, jobs, and taxes want to go where the railroad...
The Surface Transportation Board late Thursday said it “has jurisdiction over the California High-Speed Rail Authority's proposed construction of the California High-Speed Train System, including the approximately 65-mile section that it proposes to construct between Merced, California, and Fresno, California.”
CHSRA...
Democrats Harry Hoglander (pictured) and Linda Puchala—each with an airline labor union background—have been renominated by President Obama for additional terms on the three-member National Mediation Board, which administers the Railway Labor Act.
They now face Senate confirmation, along with Republican...
The Railway Supply Institute has promoted Nicole Brewin to Vice President Government Affairs, and promoted Robyn Leach to Vice President Administration.
RSI President Tom Simpson said, “These promotions recognize the expertise and accomplishments of Nicole and Robyn, whose efforts have advanced...
Conservative columnist and American Enterprise scholar Michael Barone, with degrees from Harvard and Yale, is a smart fellow. But a recent column about Amtrak suggests his research consisted of wandering into the posh Capitol Grill in Washington, D.C., and sitting...
