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Detroit-area light rail project expected to receive $25 million in federal funding
(Source: Detroit Free Press, January 10, 2013) DETROIT, Mich. — President Barack Obama’s Transportation Secretary will visit Detroit late next week with $25 million in new money for the fledgling M-1 Rail project to bring light rail to about 3 miles of Woodward Avenue...
NJ Transit adding trains lost during Sandy to North Jersey Coast Line
(Source: Associated Press, January 11, 2013) NEWARK, N.J. — More service lost because of Superstorm Sandy is returning to NJ Transit's North Jersey Coast Line. Service levels will reach 96 percent when nine trains are added to the line starting Monday. Two of the...
MBTA threatens to cancel $190 million deal for rail cars
(Source: Boston Globe, January 10, 2013) BOSTON — Chronic delays and shoddy workmanship by the company building a fleet of double-decker coaches for the MBTA’s commuter rail line have prompted executives to threaten cancellation of the $190 million contract and...
AAR: Carloads, intermodal volume down over 2012 for week ending January 5
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, January 10, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported declines in weekly rail traffic for the week ending January 5, 2013, with U.S. railroads originating 241,682...
Teamsters reach milestone collective bargaining agreement with ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach
(Source: Long Beach Press-Telegram, January 10, 2013) LONG BEACH, Calif. — In a development union officials say could change the nature of trucking at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, about 65 drivers have reached contract terms with their employer, likely...
Teamsters reach tentative agreement with Costco
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, January 10, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Teamsters Union has reached a tentative agreement with Costco that keeps the warehouse club’s workers as among the highest-paid retail employees in the country with...
Opinion: Members of Congress spend their days hounding donors rather than researching the bills they vote on
(Source: Salon, January 11, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Members of Congress don’t know anything about “the issues” and they spend all their time fundraising, according to both a new Huffington Post story and “an easy inference to make after observing Congress for almost...
Amtrak’s annual operating loss last year was lowest since 1975, a sign of progress, CEO says
(Source: Associated Press, January 10, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak’s fiscal 2012 operating loss was the lowest in nearly 38 years, which is a sign of progress, Joseph Boardman, the railroad’s president and CEO, said Thursday. The $361 million loss for the year...
City of Tucson to pay $990,000 to Union Pacific over waterline break that flooded its rail yard
(Source: Associated Press, January 9, 2013) TUCSON, Ariz. — The Tucson City Council has approved a $990,000 settlement to Union Pacific Railroad after a city employee improperly marked a waterline location. It resolves a lawsuit Union Pacific filed after the 2010...
Opinion: Rail company has inside track at Boston’s T
(Source: Boston Globe opinion column, January 10, 2013) BOSTON — When trains run late in Massachusetts, blame weather or old equipment. Don’t blame the politically wired firm that’s paid billions to run the MBTA commuter rail system. Since the T owns the trains, the...
