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BNSF CEO says short-term budget deal likely to avoid fiscal cliff
(Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram, December 6, 2012) FORT WORTH, Texas — Leaders in Congress are likely to reach a short-term budget deal with the Obama administration to keep the country from going over the fiscal cliff, the chief executive of Fort Worth-based BNSF...
Head of NJ Transit tells Senate panel that Sandy caused approximately $400 million in damages
(Source: The Star-Ledger, December 6, 2012) NEWARK, N.J. — Hurricane Sandy caused nearly $400 million worth of damage to NJ Transit, including more than $100 million for waterlogged trains and rail equipment, the agency’s executive director told a U.S. Senate panel...
LaHood defends California high-speed rail plan at Congressional hearing
(Source: The Hill, December 6, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood took a break from celebrating his birthday Thursday to press lawmakers to release funding for the centerpiece of President Obama's high-speed rail plans. Full story: The...
Obama pushes ahead with high-speed rail plan
(Source: Washington Post, December 6, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Undaunted by the looming fiscal crisis, the Obama administration said Thursday that it plans to forge ahead with its signature transportation project, investing billions of dollars in a long-term effort to...
Ruptured train car in Paulsboro free of chemical; no word on when evacuees can return
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, December 7, 2012) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — The Coast Guard said Thursday that it had removed all traces of vinyl chloride from a freight-train tanker that fell off a bridge and breached last Friday, and that it had not detected the hazardous...
Michigan Republicans brush aside Democrats, union protesters to OK right-to-work legislation
(Source: Associated Press, December 7, 2012) LANSING, Mich. — In an audacious flex of political muscle, Republicans in a single day reached the brink of a goal that for years has seemed an all-but-impossible dream: making the labor bastion of Michigan a right-to-work...
Debate over coal exports in Pacific Northwest leaves some out, critics charge
(Source: McClatchy Newspapers, December 5, 2012) PASCO, Wash. — While proposals to turn green-leaning Washington state into a major exporter of coal to China have caused an uproar in coastal communities, the heated debate is largely absent from other places along the...
Using analytics to improve fuel efficiency at Norfolk Southern
(Source: Wall Street Journal, November 29, 2012) NEW YORK — Norfolk Southern, for example, is using software to help dispatchers and locomotive engineers make decisions that will help speed trains and save fuel. The railroad is using new analytics software from GE...
DOT Secretary Ray LaHood talking with Obama about staying
(Source: Politico, December 5, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said he and President Obama will discuss his future in the Cabinet once Obama is finished with the fiscal cliff negotiations. Full story: Politico
Transportation Secretary testifies on high-speed rail program
(Source: C-SPAN, December 6, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will give an update on the Administration’s high-speed rail program at a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing on Thursday. Full story:...
