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DOT seeks way to salvage Florida high-speed rail project
(The following appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on February 17, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Despite the Feb. 16 decision by Florida Gov. Rick Scott to decline $2.4 billion in federal grants and halt a planned high-speed rail line, the Department of...
Wisconsin Democratic lawmakers boycott vote on union killing bill
(Reuters circulated the following on February 17, 2011.) MADISON, Wisc. — Wisconsin state Senate Democrats boycotting a vote on a plan to curb the union rights of public employees left the state on Thursday in an attempt to force majority Republicans to negotiate a...
Thousands descend on Ohio Statehouse to protest collective bargaining attack
(The following appeared on the Cleveland Plain Dealer website on February 17, 2011.) COLUMBUS, Ohio — As many as 3,800 boisterous public workers from across the state descended on the Ohio Statehouse on Thursday, rocking the normally sleepy Capitol to protest a...
Bomb threat leaves Amtrak passengers shaken
(The following appeared on the Great Falls Tribune website on February 17, 2011.) GREAT FALLS, Mont. — No bomb was found Monday evening on an Amtrak train at Browning, but the threat by a Minnesota college student that there was one jolted 140 passengers, who were...
California would welcome high-speed rail funds from Florida
(The following appeared on the San Jose Mercury News website on February 16, 2011.) SAN JOSE, Calif. — California is now the nation's only state close to building a high-speed railway after Florida killed its project Wednesday, casting further doubt on whether there...
Washington DOT covets Florida high-speed rail money
(The following appeared on the Seattle Times website on February 16, 2011.) SEATTLE, Wash. — Four decades ago, voters in Seattle narrowly turned down a rapid-transit plan in the 1970 election, prompting the federal government to shift $900 million in rail funds to...
Tampa mayoral candidates call for governor to reconsider high-speed rail
(The following appeared on the ABC Action News website on February 17, 2011.) TAMPA — When four of five Tampa Mayoral candidates gathered at the corner of Morgan and Laurel Streets in downtown Tampa on February 16, all of them expressed disappointment over the...
Florida officials blast governor’s rail decision
(The following appeared on the Lakeland Ledger website on February 17, 2011.) LAKELAND, Fla. — Gov. Rick Scott has spoken: No high-speed rail in Florida. The $2.8 billion project was expected to run along an 84-mile route between Orlando International Airport and...
Truth-O-Meter: Is Fla. Gov. Scott citing correct ridership numbers in rejecting high-speed rail funds?
(The following appeared at www.PolitiFact.com on February 16, 2011.) In his stunning but not totally unexpected announcement to reject $2.4 billion in federal money for high-speed rail, Florida Gov. Rick Scott hammered on rosy ridership projections that he believed...
T&I Chair Mica ‘deeply disappointed’ at Fla. ending rail project
(The following appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on February 16, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., who chairs the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said he is "deeply disappointed" at Wednesday's decision by Gov. Rick Scott...
LaHood says other states in line for Fla. rail money
(The following appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on February 16, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Plenty of other states will want the passenger rail money that Florida's governor rejected, said Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, while the canceled high-speed...
DOT statement on Florida governor’s decision to decline high-speed rail dollars
(The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following on February 16, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today made the following statement regarding Florida Governor Rick Scott’s decision to decline high-speed rail dollars. U.S....
Hoffa: Modern day class warfare seeks to ‘divide and conquer’ working class
(The following article by Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa was published in the Detroit News on February 9, 2011.) The 19th century robber baron Jay Gould once said, “I can hire half the working class to shoot the other half.” Gould’s vision of class warfare...
Thousands protest Wisconsin anti-union bill
(The Associated Press circulated the following on February 17, 2011.) MADISON, Wis. — A bill eliminating most collective bargaining rights from nearly all Wisconsin public employees passed the Legislature's budget-writing committee late Wednesday night despite two...
Amtrak Surfliner trip from San Diego to LA now faster
(The following appeared on the San Diego Union-Tribune website on February 15, 2011.) SAN DIEGO, Calif. — A new northbound Pacific Surfliner express train between San Diego and Los Angeles began service today and is expected to cut travel time as much as 20 minutes....
Grand Island railroad tie plant closing to cost nearly 70 jobs
(The following appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on February 16, 2011.) GRAND ISLAND, Neb. — A concrete railroad tie production company is closing its Grand Island plant. CXT Inc., a subsidiary of L.B. Foster Co. headquartered in Spokane, Wash., announced to...
Disappearing ‘ghost trains’ is a good sign for the economy
(The following appeared at KSL.com on February 15, 2011.) NORTHERN UTAH — All across the West, "ghost trains" are vanishing. Thousands of railcars and locomotives that stood idle -- in some cases for several years -- are getting back in service. It's a strong...
Road traffic a factor in CSX plans in Westborough, Mass.
(The following appeared on the MetroWest Daily News website on Febraury 16, 2011.) WESTBOROUGH, Mass. — As the planning for CSX Transportation's proposed chemical transfer station continues, the company must provide more information about the speed and number of cars...
CN stock poised to lead the way
(The following appeared on the Financial Post website on February 16, 2011.) OTTAWA — Canadian National Railway Co. should benefit from a shift in favour within the rail segment, says RBC Capital Markets analyst Walter Spracklin, who upgraded the stock to Outperform...
Surface Transportation Board to reduce filing fees
(The U.S. Surface Transportation Board issued the following on February 15, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Surface Transportation Board today moved to significantly reduce filing fees for shipper complaints to $350. Currently, shippers are charged as much as $20,600 to...
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