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OSHA issues final rule on retaliation, whistleblowing

November 10, 2015 WASHINGTON – The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today issued a final rule establishing procedures and time frames for handling employee retaliation complaints under the National Transit Systems Security Act (NTSSA) and the Federal Railroad Safety Act (FRS [...]
  • Tags Federal Railroad Safety Act, National Transit Systems Security Act, OSHA, retaliation, whistleblower

House passes long-term transportation bill

November 9, 2015 The U.S. House passed a six-year surface transportation reauthorization and reform bill that calls for more than $300 billion in federal funding for highway, transit and rail programs. If approved by the full Congress and signed by President Obama, the bill would become the f [...]
  • Tags Bill Shuster, Peter DeFazio, STRR Act, Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015

FMCSA issues regulatory guidance

November 6, 2015 FMCSA has issued regulatory guidance concerning the editing of records created by automatic on-board recording devices (AOBRD) to make clear that drivers may review or edit their AOBRD records, annotate and correct incorrect records, and certify the accuracy of the informatio [...]
  • Tags AOBRD, Automatic on-board recording devices, FMCSA

House rejects bill amendment to allow heavier trucks

November 4, 2015 The House on Tuesday defeated an amendment to a $325 billion highway funding bill that would have let states decide whether they want to allow heavier trucks on their roads. The amendment, from Reps. Reid Ribble (R-Wis.), Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.), David Rouzer (R-N.C.) and Coll [...]
  • Tags heavier trucks, highway bill, longer trucks

Senate passes PTC extension, confirms Feinberg as FRA administrator

October 29, 2015 The U.S. Senate yesterday passed a short-term surface transportation funding extension that includes a long-term extension of the positive train control (PTC) implementation deadline. The Senate’s action followed the House’s approval of the bill on Tuesday, and Pr [...]
  • Tags FRA, FRA Administrator Sarah Feinberg, positive train control, PTC, Sarah Feinberg, senate

TTD, lawmakers collaborate on transportation policy

October 29, 2015 WASHINGTON — Transportation labor leaders — gathered today at the fall Executive Committee meeting of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) — met with key members of Congress to seek solutions to a woefully underfunded transportation system and to boost job crea [...]
  • Tags AFL-CIO, AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department, Hair Testing, TTD

FRA's Feinberg clears Senate committee

October 29, 2015 President Obama’s choice to lead the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has been approved by the Senate committee that handles transportation issues.  Obama’s nomination of Sarah Feinberg, who has been leading the FRA since January, for a full-time term atop th [...]
  • Tags FRA, Sarah Feinberg, Senate Commerce Science and Transportation Committee

Two-person crew amendment will not move forward

October 28, 2015 In a letter to state directors, National Legislative Director John Risch and Alternate National Legislative Director Greg Hynes report the following: “Unfortunately, a two-person crew amendment WILL NOT be offered to H.R. 3763, the Surface Transportation Reauthorization [...]
  • Tags Greg Hynes, H.R. 1763, H.R. 3763, John Risch, two-person crews

Contact your legislators about two-person crews

October 27, 2015 It has recently been announced that an attempt may be made to attach language from H.R. 1763, the Safe Freight Act, which is the federal two-person crew bill onto H.R. 3763. H.R. 3763 is the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015, which was passed by th [...]
  • Tags H.R. 1763, H.R. 3763, Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015, two-person crews

DOT releases new freight transportation data

October 22, 2015 Dollar value of goods moved on the transportation network greater than ever before WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) released the first product from the newest version of [...]
  • Tags Beyond Traffic, BTS, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Federal Highway Administration, FHWA, U.S. DOT

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