The Surface Transportation Board is directing BNSF Railway, Kansas City Southern Railway, and Union Pacific to “Engage in mandatory mediation to resolve” the issue of trackage rights over nine miles of right-of-way in Texas and Louisiana.
The National Basketball Association Sacramento Kings have pledged to provide $500,000 to aid streetcar development in California’s state capital as part of a traffic mitigation plan being developed by California’s Department of Transportation (Caltrans).
U.S. freight rail traffic continued offering mixed results for December as evidenced by data for the week ending Dec. 21, 2013, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported Thursday.
U.S. freight carload volume declined, while intermodal gained ground, during the week ending Dec. 14, 2013, the Association of American Railroads said Thursday, Dec. 19, making it two weeks in a row with such a split result.
Norfolk Southern said Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013 it has achieved its best-ever score in reports that grade large U.S. and global companies on how well they measure and manage their carbon footprint.
Foiled in earlier attempts to land federal TIGER funds to expand its initial streetcar line, Charlotte, N.C., officials say they will continue to seek federal assistance, most likely through the “Small Starts” program.
Railway Age’s 20th annual conference on shared-use addressed the capacity needs of a growing industry.
Do the U.S. rail transit industry, Amtrak, and advocates of rail public transportation have a stake in the current Washington crisis over the federal budget and government shutdown? A stake in the looming crisis over threats to force a default on the federal national debt? Or is this mainly a fight over the Affordable Care Act with little relevance to other issues?
