Category: Amtrak/Commuter
UTU offering treasurers’ workshop in October
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. The UTU International is conducting a Treasurers’ Workshop at its headquarters in North Olmsted, Ohio, Oct. 29-31, 2012. Attendance will be limited to 24 registrants. Those interested in attending the wor [...]
Update on congressional funding for Amtrak
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Here is an update on federal funding to keep Amtrak operating. The House of Representatives in June approved a transportation funding bill — for the 12-month fiscal year that begins Oct. 1 — t [...]High-speed rail in Calif., Northeast moving forward
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. High-speed rail has been given an energy-boosting vitamin B-12 shot by the California legislature and Amtrak for separate projects on the West and East Coasts. In California, the legislature agreed to spe [...]New surface transport law a mixed bag
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. It’s not all we wanted, but, maybe more important, it’s not as bad as it could have been. Given the polarization of this Congress, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century – MAP-21 – is as good a [...]Conductor certification program available online
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. A slideshow presented to UTU members attending the union’s conductor certification workshop at the Portland, Ore., regional meeting is now available on the UTU website. The slideshow can be download [...]
Passenger rail essential as population grows
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. By Joe Szabo – Federal Railroad Administrator It seems like just yesterday, as UTU Illinois state legislative director and mayor of Riverdale, Ill., that I joined other mayors to successfully advocate for [...]
Confidential Close Call Reporting proving its worth
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. It’s confidential and no-fault. And the result, according to the Federal Railroad Administration, is a significant reduction in rail workplace derailments that too often lead to serious injury and death & [...]L.A. Metrolink CEO heading to Patriot Rail
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. The chief executive of Los Angeles Metrolink, John Fenton, who has taken the lead among railroads nationwide in advancing, investing in and implementing positive train control (PTC), is departing after tw [...]