August 7, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Legislation
(Source: Progressive Railroading, August 6, 2018) The U.S. Senate last week agreed to a one-year ban on new procurements of mass transit rail cars or buses from China if the procurements use federal funding. Full story: Progressive Railroading
July 25, 2018 | Headlines, Legislation
(Source: Progressive Railroading, July 24, 2018) House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) has introduced a draft of an infrastructure plan that would be funded in part by an increase fuel taxes. Full story: Progressive...
March 9, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Legislation
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 8, 2018) Senate Democrats yesterday unveiled a $1 trillion national infrastructure plan to cover a wide range of needs, including $180 billion to replace and expand rail and bus systems. Full story: Progressive...
January 3, 2018 | Headlines, Legislation
(Source: Herald-Mail Media, January 2, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster, whose Pennsylvania district includes Franklin and Fulton counties, announced Tuesday that he won’t seek re-election in November. He is in his final year of being chairman of...
January 25, 2016 | Headlines, Legislation
(Source: Better Government Association, January 24, 2016) CHICAGO — For railroads, 2015 was an eventful year, with Congress dedicating more than $10 billion toward rail and other freight infrastructure projects and acquiescing to demands by the rail industry to extend...
January 20, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Legislation
(Source: Railway Age, January 19, 2016) NEW YORK — After years of delays and extensions, a multi-year surface transportation bill is finally in place. Will it deliver on the advertised? Full story: Railway Age
November 9, 2015 | Headlines, Legislation, Teamsters
(Source: Huffington Post column by James P. Hoffa, Teamsters General President, November 6, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congress is on the cusp of doing something it hasn’t done in more than a decade — approving a long-term highway bill. A bipartisan...
November 5, 2015 | Headlines, Legislation, Technology
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, November 5, 2015) PHILADELPHIA — How do you get a controversial plan through Congress with little fuss and few fingerprints? Lawmakers showed one way last week as they raced to give railroads a reprieve, allowing them three to five more...
July 29, 2015 | Headlines, Legislation, Technology
(Source: Associated Press, July 28, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate is moving toward the likely passage this week of a sweeping, six-year transportation bill, but the House is putting off consideration of the measure until this fall. Full story: Elkhart...
March 20, 2015 | Headlines, Legislation
(Source: The Hill, March 19, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A group of House Democrats is calling for Congress to spend $1 billion over the next five years on boosting the safety of U.S. commuter railways after a recent string of accidents. The funding is contained in a...
