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Privatization plan puts MBTA budget at $1.98 billion
(Source: Boston Herald, April 14, 2017) BOSTON — The MBTA’s oversight board approved a $1.98 billion budget yesterday that could lead to the privatization of four bus garages and cuts to both commuter rail service and a program serving riders with disabilities. Full...
Trains moving again after railroad bridge fire
(Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, April 13, 2017) ATLANTA, Ga. — Two weeks after the I-85 fire and bridge collapse, crews early Thursday had to battle another massive fire, this time under a railroad bridge in Buckhead, officials said. The fire led CSX officials...
XPO workers in Trenton, N.J., vote to join Teamsters Local 701
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, April 14, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — XPO drivers in Trenton, New Jersey voted to join Teamsters Local 701 on Friday, April 14, boosting momentum to a nationwide workers' campaign for fairness at the giant...
Workers at Clock Freight join Teamsters Local 2785 in California
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, April 14, 2017) SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Drivers and warehouse workers at Clock Freight in South San Francisco overwhelmingly voted on Thursday, April 13 to join Teamsters Local 2785. The vote was 32...
Amtrak service to Florida could be eliminated under federal budget proposal
(Source: First Coast News, April 15, 2017) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Amtrak service to Florida, including stops in Jacksonville and Palatka, are on the chopping block in President Donald Trump's proposed budget. Full story and video: First Coast News
Federal budget could end Amtrak service in North Dakota, Minnesota
(Source: Forum News Service, April 15, 2017) FARGO N.D. — North Dakota, Minnesota and other states could be without Amtrak service if a proposal in President Donald Trump’s budget becomes reality. Full story: Bismarck Tribune
Illinois Amtrak improvements in final stretch
(Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 16, 2017) ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The $1.95 billion, eight-year upgrade of the St. Louis-to-Chicago Amtrak rail corridor — with a key goal to boost the high speed to 110 mph along 75 percent of it — is in its final stretch. Full story:...
Editorial: Protect Amtrak’s City of New Orleans from federal budget cuts
(Source: Editorial in the Journal Gazette & Times-Courier, April 15, 2017) MATTOON, Ill. — There is no doubt that many mid-sized communities like Mattoon and Effingham need long-distance Amtrak service, and we urge Congress to preserve federal funding for this...
Train stuck in tunnel 3 hours, then stun gun sparks stampede
(Source: Associated Press, April 16, 2017) NEW YORK — A train with about 1,200 passengers became stuck in a tunnel between New York and New Jersey for nearly three hours on Friday, and the chaotic scene escalated to pandemonium when Amtrak police used a stun gun to...
Connecticut’s rebellion against federal rail plan grows, and may have impact
(Source: Connecticut Mirror, April 13, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A rebellion that began in Old Lyme and has spread along coastal Connecticut is pressing the federal government to make big changes in an ambitious plan to bring high-speed rail to the Northeast, and to...
