Category: Washington
Amtrak privatization bill: ‘A rat hole worth watching’
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. WASHINGTON – Legislation to privatize Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor, as a first step toward destruction of Amtrak, will almost certainly be dead-on-arrival in the Democratic-controlled Senate, and will face [...]Conductor cert, passenger HOS regs on tap
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. WASHINGTON — The Federal Railroad Administration will soon publish final rules instituting conductor certification and imposing new hours-of-service limitations on intercity passenger-train and comm [...]Wisconsin decision will embolden extremists
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. MADISON, Wis. – A divided state supreme court here June 14 ruled in a 4-3 decision that the state’s controversial law revoking collective-bargaining rights for public employees may go into effect – overtu [...]Bus safety crackdown meets House opposition
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. WASHINGTON – Increased authority for random safety inspections of tour buses and money for more safety inspectors received a lukewarm reception by the Republican leadership of the House Transportation &am [...]