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MBTA approves deal on Allston tract
(The following article by Mac Daniel appeared in the Boston Globe on May 29.) BOSTON -- The MBTA yesterday officially dropped its plans to take land from the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority by eminent domain while also approving a land-for-rail compromise that will...
Sound Transit agreement with Burlington Northern Santa Fe
(The Seattle Post-Intelligencer posted the following article from the Associated Press on its website on May 28.) EVERETT, Wash. -- Commuters between Everett and Seattle could be riding aboard a Sound Transit train by the end of the year. King County Executive Ron...
SEPTA cuts likely to worsen air quality
(The following article by Tom Avril appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on May 28.) PHILADELPHIA -- Proposed cuts in SEPTA's train and bus service would cause dirtier air in the Philadelphia region - nearly 11,000 added tons of pollution a year, according to...
Opinion: Honesty about Amtrak
(The following appeared as an editorial in the New York Times on May 29.) NEW YORK -- This summer, Americans can travel by train without having to fear, as they did last year, that Amtrak may be out of business by Labor Day. Much beyond that, Amtrak's future becomes...
SEPTA had fare talks in private
(The following article by Jere Downs appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer on May 29.) PHILADELPHIA -- In a possible violation of Pennsylvania's Sunshine Law, SEPTA's board of directors met behind closed doors to discuss raising fares high enough to eliminate the need...
Dotsero train derailment stalls Amtrak passengers, mail
(The Vail Daily posted the following article by Stephen Lloyd Wood on its website on May 28.) VAIL, Colo. -- Passengers on Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr were delayed several hours Wednesday evening when two mail cars derailed near Dotsero, said Kim Andree,...
FBI seeking vandals who caused North Plains derailment
(Spokane television station KATU posted the following article on its website on May 29.) NORTH PLAINS, Ore. -- A $5,000 reward is being offered in the investigation of a train derailment in Washington County. The incident happened in North Plains on April 6....
Action Alert: Don’t let Bush take away overtime pay
(The following Action Alert was distributed by the Metro Washington Council of the AFL-CIO.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Overtime pay cuts being pushed by the Bush administration are slated to go into effect for millions of workers as soon as September of this year. These...
TMM suspended on Mexican bourse over court order
(Reuters circulated the following story on May 27.) MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's stock market suspended trading of troubled transportation company TMM on Tuesday and ordered the company to confirm or deny a report that a court order shielding it from creditors is invalid....
Tellier tries to save Bombardier’s debt rating
(Bloomberg circulated the following story on May 27.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Bombardier Inc. Chief Executive Paul Tellier, who took over the world's third-largest airplane maker in January, has raised C$1.2 billion ($880 million) in a stock sale and targeted more than...
