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Video: The end of the American Dream?
(Source: Change to Win coalition press release, July 7, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The middle class is, and always has been, the backbone of this country. But people should be moving into the middle class, not falling out of it. As a part of Change to Win’s effort to...
House GOP proposes deep cuts to highway, Amtrak funding
(Source: Miami Herald, July 8, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A six-year transportation funding bill that Republicans in the House of Representatives outlined Thursday would sharply cut highway and transit funding and seek to curb Amtrak and high-speed rail projects that...
Indiana Southern, IAM reach tentative agreement
(Source: National Mediation Board press release, July 6, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Mediation Board (NMB) announced on July 6 that the Indiana Southern Railroad and the International Association of Machinists (IAM) reached a tentative collective-bargaining...
Steel interstate idea gains steam in Knoxville
(Source: Knoxville News Sentinel, July 7, 2011) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The former director of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory is heading a group hoping to develop a Steel Interstate System, a rail alternative to the interstate highways that would move people and freight...
Flooding forces Amtrak to extend suspension of St. Louis-KC train
(Source: The Associated Press, July 6, 2011) ST. LOUIS — Amtrak is extending the suspension of one its two daily round trips between St. Louis and Kansas City because of continued flooding along the Missouri River. Full story: The Republic
Cancelled trains hurt tourist industry around Glacier National Park
(Source: Flathead Beacon, July 7, 2011) KALISPELL, Mont. — Flooding around Minot, N.D., which has shut down BNSF Railway tracks and forced the cancellation of Amtrak trains, has hurt the tourist industry around Glacier national Park, which relies heavily on the influx...
Amtrak sues Nevada truck firm for $10 million
(Source: Associated Press, July 6, 2011) RENO, Nevada — Amtrak is suing a Nevada trucking company for at least $10 million for negligence in the hiring and training of a driver who slammed a semi-trailer truck into the side of its California Zephyr train on June 24....
Hoffa condemns Mexican truck pilot program
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, July 6, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa today castigated the U.S. Department of Transportation for agreeing to open the border to long-haul Mexican trucks. Opening the border...
Republicans, Democrats blast GOP transport plan
(Source: Journal of Commerce, July 7, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Representatives from both sides of the fence blasted a proposed transportation spending plan by Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.), who serves as Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee....
Florida Democrats to Gov. Scott: Apologize for rejecting high-speed rail
(Source: The Hill, July 6, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Florida Democrats circulated a petition online yesterday, demanding that Gov. Rick Scott (R) apologize for rejecting $2.4 billion in federal money for a high-speed rail plan but allowing another railway there to go...
