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DOT announces $10 million TIGER grant to extend Amtrak

May 6, 2016 Project includes new passenger platforms in Middlebury, Vergennes and Burlington, Vermont BURLINGTON, Vt. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and Federal Railroad Administrator Sarah E. Feinberg joined Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin, U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy and U. [...]

Tags Amtrak, Ethan Allen Express, TIGER Grant, U.S. DOT

TTD: Making America great again means rebuilding America

May 6, 2016 By Larry I. Willis, AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department Secretary-Treasurer Unfortunately, the anti-growth, anti-government movement is alive and well. Heck, we have extremists in the GOP who think House Speaker Paul Ryan is too moderate.I had the honor last week of spea [...]

Tags AFL-CIO, Donald Trump, TTD

Donald Trump: All talk, no plan for Appalachian coal

May 5, 2016 The Charleston Gazette-Mail reported that although Donald Trump asserted that he will get Appalachian coal miners back to work, he failed to provide details on exactly how he will revitalize the Appalachian coal industry. Read the entire story here.

Tags coal, Freight rail, Trump

SMART TD at round table with Hillary Clinton in Kentucky

May 3, 2016 On May 2nd, SMART TD Kentucky State Legislative Director Jared Cassity and SMART TD Vice President Doyle Turner paticipated in a round table discussion in Ashland, Ky. with presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Read the complete story here.

Tags coal, freight, rail workers

SMART TD at round table with Hillary Clinton in Ashland, Ky.

May 3, 2016 On May 2nd, SMART TD Kentucky State Legislative Director Jared Cassity and SMART TD Vice President Doyle Turner participated in a round table discussion in Ashland, Ky. with presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The Lexington Herald Leader repo [...]

Tags Doyle Turner, Hillary Clinton, Jared Cassity

FRA, FMCSA to host listening sessions on Obstructive Sleep Apnea

May 3, 2016 The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) will host three public listening sessions to solicit information on the prevalence of moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) among individuals occupying safety sens [...]

Tags FMCSA, FRA, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, OSA, Sleep Apnea

Unions reject NJT tentative agreement

May 2, 2016 SMART Transportation Division membership rejected a tentative agreement with New Jersey Transit from March that prevented a strike. BLET also rejected the agreement. Read more from NJ.com.

Tags BLET, New Jersey Transit, NJT, tentative agreement

Republicans seek to protect union busters from transparency rule

May 2, 2016 The GOP has announced that it will fight a Department of Labor (DOL) rule requiring employers to report having hired third parties to draft and deliver anti-union messages to workers. The measure was announced by the DOL in the Federal Register March 24 and went into effect l [...]

Tags DOL, GOP, transparency rule

N.Y. State Comptroller DiNapoli urges Feds to increase oil train safety

April 28, 2016 Timesunion reported that New York State comptroller Tom DiNapoli has written a letter to U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, urging for increased oil train safety measures and warning how oil train spills could threaten state funds. Read the entire story [...]

Tags Anthony Foxx, N.Y. State Comptroller DiNapoli, oil train safety, U.S. Department of Transportation

CN Rail trestle bridge burns to ground in Mayerthorpe, Alta.

April 28, 2016 CBC News reported that a CN Rail trestle bridge was destroyed by fire in Mayerthorpe, Alta; and that the fire may have been purposely set. Read the entire story here.

Tags Canadian National, CN, trestle bridge