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Sen. Sherrod Brown pushes bill for safer oil tankers

July 24, 2015 U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D. – Ohio) on Wednesday called for doing more to better protect Ohio communities by removing the older railcars transporting hazardous materials. “We’ve seen too many derailments of trains with unsafe cars, often carrying crude oil and other haz [...]

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Feds say rule on oil train reporting permanent

July 24, 2015 The Federal Railroad Administration said Wednesday that train companies must continue reporting crude oil routes and volumes to state authorities concerned about derailments and fires. The interim regulation requiring notification will become permanent. Oil-hauling railroads [...]

Tags BNSF, FRA, oil train reporting, Union Pacific

Rail conductor, engineer discuss train safety

July 22, 2015 MPR news interviewed Vice General Chairperson of Union Pacific GO 225 Randy Raskin and Minnesota State Legislative Director Phil Qualy, both of Local 650 (Minneapolis), during an ongoing series of conversations about rail safety in Minnesota. MPR News’ Tom Weber intervi [...]

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Opt for An Online Only Subscription to The Members’ Journal

July 21, 2015 At the First SMART General Convention in 2014, leaders pledged more efficient operations as well as to be more transparent, accountable and responsive to members. A communications survey is helping to fulfill those promises.Early in 2015, SMART polled members on outreach toda [...]

President Obama Announces PEB 248 in NJT Dispute

July 21, 2015 On July 17, President Barack Obama signed an Executive Order creating a Presidential Emergency Board to investigate and to make recommendations for settlement of the current disputes between the New Jersey Transit Rail and the NJT Rail Labor Coalition.The Executive Order esta [...]

Canadian Prime Minister Launches Brazen Attack On Working Families

July 20, 2015 Using underhanded moves and tactics that would make only someone like Scott Walker proud, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the Conservative Party leader, jammed a wide-ranging anti-union law through Parliament. The law forces unions – and nobody else — to disclos [...]

GOP bill would undermine auto, rail safety regulations

July 17, 2015 Washington, D.C. – At a time of record auto recalls and high-profile train wrecks, Republicans are working on legislation to roll back safety regulation of the auto and railroad industries. A bill approved this week on a party-line vote by a Senate committee brims with [...]

Tags infrastructure, infrastructure funding, PTC, safety

Airlines: don't use TSA fees to pay for infrastructure

July 16, 2015 The U.S. Travel Association is criticizing House Republicans for planning to use fees that are paid by airline passengers for the Transportation Security Administration to pay for an extension of federal highway spending that is set to expire at the end of the month. House R [...]

Tags infrastructure, infrastructure funding, TSA fees

President Obama announces PEB 248 in NJT dispute

July 15, 2015 Washington, D.C. – Today (July 15, 2015), President Barack Obama signed an Executive Order creating a Presidential Emergency Board to investigate and to make recommendations for settlement of the current disputes between the New Jersey Transit Rail and the NJT Rail Labor Coal [...]

Tags New Jersey Transit, New Jersey Transit Rail Labor Coalition, NJT, PEB, PEB 248, Presidential Emergency Board

House Republicans unveil $8.1 billion transport bill

July 15, 2015 Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday unveiled an $8.1 billion plan to fund highway and rail transit projects through the end of 2015, paid for by extending an airport security fee increase and various tax rule changes. Congress faces a July 31 deadline t [...]

Tags funding, transportation funding