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Board worried about potential overspending at MBTA
(Source: State House News Service, May 19, 2020) BOSTON — An independent MBTA oversight panel flagged concerns Tuesday that the transit agency's revised operating budget plans an unrealistic level of investment amid a significant drop in revenue due to the pandemic....
MBTA prepares for increased ridership as people go back to work
(Source: NBC Boston, May 19, 2020) BOSTON — During the pandemic, only essential workers have been advised to hop on board the MBTA. But the economy is now starting to reopen, which will mean more passengers and a new way of thinking. Full story: NBC Boston
AFL-CIO: U.S. Senate should not confirm Diana Furchtgott-Roth to hold senior position at the Department of Transportation
(Source: AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department press release, May 19, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Larry I. Willis, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), issues this statement opposing the nomination of Diana Furchtgott-Roth to Assistant...
Train derailment near Buffalo brings worries about oil trains
(Source: Television station WKBW, May 19, 2020) BUFFALO, N.Y. — Monday’s late-night train derailment in East Aurora may have been troubling to residents of the normally peaceful village. But authorities and railroad experts say it could have been a whole lot worse....
A lawmaker wants fast trains to rev up the U.S. economy
(Source: Wired, May 19, 2020) NEW YORK — Accuse Representative Seth Moulton of loving trains too much at your peril. Yes, the Massachusetts Democrat worked for a time on a high-speed-rail project in Texas, one that is now finally inching toward a groundbreaking...
U.S. Class I railroads inch toward full PTC implementation
(Source: Freight Waves, May 19, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — One hundred percent of the tracks owned by the U.S. operations of the Class I railroads have completed the advanced field testing of positive train control (PTC), a federally mandated safety technology that...
UP blames COVID-19 for latest round of layoffs at Bailey Yard
(Source: North Platte Telegraph, May 19, 2020) NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — The Union Pacific Railroad Tuesday laid off an unspecified number of workers in Bailey Yard’s mechanical department. Raquel Espinoza, U.P.’s senior director for corporate communications and media...
Allegiant Air pilots announce formation of Teamsters Local 2118
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, May 18, 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C. — At the request of the pilots at Allegiant Air, Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa and the Teamsters General Executive Board approved the formation of Teamsters Local...
Teamsters Local 200 secures arbitration victory to immediately rescind unilateral program
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, May 18, 2020) MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — Teamsters Local 200 announced today that the union prevailed in an arbitration with Roundy’s Supermarkets. In the opinion, issued on May 14, the arbitrator found that the...
NS “keeping the steel wheels moving”
(Source: Railway Age, May 18, 2020) NEW YORK — At Norfolk Southern’s May 14 Annual Shareholder Meeting, held virtual-only for the first time, CEO Jim Squires expressed optimism on the railroad’s future as it deals with the COVID-19 pandemic, and resultant plummeting...
