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Lott’s bill would aid Amtrak with debt
(The following article by Ana Radelat was posted on the Jackson Clarion-Ledger website on July 29.) WASHINGTON -- It may be late in the congressional year, but a bill sponsored by Sen. Trent Lott that's aimed at keeping Amtrak from losing most of its federal subsidies...
Hoffa expresses anger on Congress’ passing of CAFTA
(The International Brotherhood of Teamsters posted the following news release on its website on July 28.) WASHINGTON -- Early this morning, Congress narrowly passed the job-killing trade agreement, the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), by a vote of 217 to...
John J. Sweeney re-elected President of AFL-CIO
(The AFL-CIO issued the following news release on July 27.) CHICAGO -- John J. Sweeney was re-elected President of the AFL-CIO -- along with Richard Trumka as Secretary-Treasurer and Linda Chavez-Thompson as Executive Vice President -- at the AFL-CIO convention here...
New L.A. mayor pushing public transit
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 27.) LOS ANGELES -- Getting drivers to take the train or bus has never been easy in this car-crazed city of endless freeways, where gridlock is so awful that rush-hour speeds average less than 30 mph. The...
Approval expected today for Trade Center rail hub
(The following article by David W. Dunlap was posted on the New York Times website on July 28.) NEW YORK -- In the name of security, Santiago Calatrava's bird has grown a beak. Its ribs have doubled in number and its wings have lost their interstices of glass. The...
Metrolink riders get discount to make up for their lost time
(The following article by Phil Pitchford was posted on the Press-Enterprise website on July 27.) RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Michele Denham, a Moreno Valley resident who uses Metrolink to commute to work in downtown Los Angeles, saved about $65 this month on her rail pass...
MTA projects surplus of $833 million
(The following article by Sewell Chan was posted on the New York Times website on July 28.) NEW YORK -- Buoyed by a surge in tax revenue, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced today that it would have an unexpected surplus of $833 million this year and...
Tough ride for proposed LIRR third track
(The following article by Joie Tyrrell was posted on the Newsday website on July 28.) NEW YORK -- The Long Island Rail Road's hotly contested plan to build a third track on the Main Line is the only one of hundreds of recently approved projects that must go back...
Some say N.J. Transit tunnel doesn’t go far enough
(The following article by Patrick McGeehan was posted on the New York Times website on July 28.) NEW YORK -- The idea of another train tunnel under the Hudson River came a step closer to reality yesterday, but not without impassioned arguments against its ending at a...
Traces of Conrail on tracks abroad
(The following article by Henry J. Holcomb was posted on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on July 28.) PHILADELPHIA -- A few days ago, a freshly repainted locomotive that would turn heads of visitors from Philadelphia rumbled out of a shop in East Africa. It looks a...
