WASHINGTON – The U.S. Surface Transportation Board says it will hold a hearing Dec. 9 to review certain exemptions from economic regulation afforded railroads – specifically, commodity exemptions, boxcar exemptions and intermodal trailer and container exemptions. The exemptions from STB rate and service oversight were first imposed in 1976, and modified in 1980 following substantial [...]
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STB to consider partial rail reregulation
October 22, 2010
Filed Under: Amtrak/Commuter, Amtrak/Commuter News, News, Washington Tagged With: intermodal, reregulation, Staggers Rail Act, STB, Surface Transportation Board
UTU seeks collaborative safety, security plan
June 27, 2010
By UTU International President Mike Futhey The recent tragic, senseless and violent murder in New Orleans of CSX conductor Fred Gibbs, and wounding of the train’s engineer (a potential witness whose name is being withheld), accelerates an already urgent need for better workplace safety and security measures for rail, transit and motor coach facilities and [...]
Filed Under: Amtrak/Commuter, Amtrak/Commuter News, Aviation, Bus, Bus News, Leadership Messages, News Tagged With: conductor, CSX, Fred Gibbs, intermodal, murder, New Orleans, safety, security, terrorist, workplace safety
