S.576 Out of Committee. What Next?
S.576, the Rail Safety Act of 2023, has been passed by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation along party lines with few changes, and will go to the full Senate
S.576, the Rail Safety Act of 2023, has been passed by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation along party lines with few changes, and will go to the full Senate
The largely politically motivated and, in my opinion, unnecessary Railway Safety Act legislation introduced by Ohio’s two U.S. Senators, Republican J.D. Vance and Democrat Sherrod Brown of the Commerce, Science and Transportation
The Gateway Development Commission (GDC) on May 5 reported “significant progress and early work beginning in 2023” on the Hudson Tunnel Project, the largest component of the Gateway Program. The GDC Board
Roughly two months after the Surface Transportation Board approved, with certain conditions, the Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger to create transnational CPKC (Canadian Pacific Kansas City), Union Pacific on May 3 filed
A new Railway Association of Canada study, Strengthening All Links: Building More Resilient, Fluid Supply Chains in Canada (download below), provides “detailed insights and exceptional clarity into the complexity of modern supply chains and transit
Portland Vancouver Junction Railroad (PVJR), a 33-mile Class III in Washington State, has entered a partnership with Salt Lake City-based tech startup Genesis Electronics Group Inc. (GEGI) to provide rail access to
The Surface Transportation Board on May 2 extended its temporary service metrics and employment reporting period for the “Big 4” Class I’s—BNSF, CSX, Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific—to Dec. 31, 2023, but
Rail transit veteran and former CTDOT Commissioner Joseph Giulietti has joined infrastructure consulting firm TYLin as Vice President and Director of Rail Transit Services. He will serve as a senior advisor “to
Low freight demand weakened intermodal volumes in 2023’s first quarter, as total volumes fell 8.6% year-over-year, according to the Intermodal Association of North America Intermodal Quarterly Report. All segments showed declines: domestic
Newly released data by the Railway Supply Institute (RSI) American Railway Car Institute Committee (ARCI) shows slight declines in railcar backlog, orders and deliveries in 2023’s first quarter, compared to fourth-quarter 2022. However,