March 20, 2020 | CSX, Headlines, UP
(Source: Freight Waves, March 19, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Union Pacific, CSX and Canadian National are setting goals to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, in part through a pledge with the global initiative Science Based Targets. Full story: Freight...
March 20, 2020 | DOT, Headlines, UP
(Source: Reuters, March 18, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A U.S. federal appeals court has denied a bid by Union Pacific Railroad Company to invalidate a U.S. Department of Transportation safety rule that requires railroads to share with states and tribes information about...
March 20, 2020 | Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Mass Transit Mag, March 18, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Metrolink has been awarded $10.7 million in funding from the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Program. The funding will support...
March 20, 2020 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: The Southern, March 19, 2020) CARBONDALE, Ill. — Citing fewer passengers in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Amtrak has reduced its round-trip Carbondale-to-Chicago routes from three times daily to two. Full story: The Southern
