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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...

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:...

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...

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