Category: Transportation
FAA to ease back on electronics use
An FAA advisory committee decided Thursday that passengers should be allowed to use electronic devices during takeoffs and landings on airplanes. WASHINGTON — A Federal Aviation Administration advisory committee recommended Thursday that airline passengers be allowed to use s [...]
Magazine names UP best veteran-friendly company
OMAHA – U.S. Veterans Magazine named Union Pacific Railroad among the nation’s top veteran-friendly companies. The results were announced in the publication’s 2013 “Best of the Best” list, created to encourage diversity-inclusion practices among indust [...]
Lauby named FRA administrator for safety
Robert C. Lauby has been selected as associate administrator for railroad safety/chief safety officer for the Federal Railroad Administration. In that position, he will provide regulatory oversight for rail safety in the United States and oversees the development and enforcem [...]
Anthony nominated as RRB management member
President Barack Obama Sept. 24 nominated Steven Anthony as the management member of the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, replacing Jerome F. Kever, whose term is expiring. Anthony’s appointment will require Senate confirmation. Anthony most recently served as senior general c [...]Regulators look at Northwest oil train safety
SEATTLE – Environmental regulators from the Northwest deliberated Wednesday about the dramatic changes in the way oil and other energy products are carried through the region. At a task force meeting of West Coast states, Linda Pilkey-Jarvis of the Washington Department of Ec [...]
Obama nominates former Kan. DOT secretary for STB
President Barack Obama has nominated former Kansas Secretary of Transportation Deb Miller to the Surface Transportation Board, reportedly replacing George Bush-appointee Francis Mulvey. Miller, a Democrat, was the Kansas secretary of transportation from 2003 to 2012, making h [...]