News - Page 414 of 650

Obama to renominate Elliott for STB

November 13, 2014 President Barack Obama announced his intent Nov. 12 to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts: Daniel Elliott III – member, Surface Transportation Board, and upon appointment to be designated chairman; Lauren McFerran – member, National Labor Relations [...]

Tags Dan Elliott III, STB, Surface Transportation Board

Sheet Metal Trade Seeks Veterans To Join Ranks

November 12, 2014 Many veterans enlisted in the military instead of going to college. Instead of learning where their dorm room was, they learned where they would be stationed for the next year. Instead of learning statistics, they learned the art of war. For those who spent their formative ye [...]

Wash. SLD Krohn appears on PBS coal show

November 12, 2014 SMART Transportation Division Washington State Legislative Director Herb Krohn Nov. 7 appeared on Northwest Now, a Public Broadcasting System program that airs in Washington on Television Station KBTC. Northwest Now is an Emmy®-award winning weekly public affairs show that go [...]

Tags coal, Herb Krohn, Washington state

FRA Strengthens Railroad Employee Training Requirements

November 12, 2014 The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Nov. 7 issued a final rule that strengthens training requirements for railroad employees and contractors who perform safety-related work. The rule, which was mandated by the Rail Safety Improvement Act (RSIA) of 2008, ensures safety-r [...]

Tags Federal Railroad Administration, FRA, railroad employee training requirements

Szabo Stepping Down as Head of FRA

November 12, 2014 After nearly six years serving as chief of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration, Joe Szabo is stepping down in January. In a statement to FRA staff, Szabo said, “I will head home to accept a position as a senior fellow for the Chicago Metrop [...]

Tags Federal Railroad Administration, FRA, Joe Szabo

Parents want GPS monitoring of school buses

November 12, 2014 The results of a new survey by Fleetmatics Group PLC show that parents would like more visibility into their children’s safety aboard the school bus, as well as more accountability for operators. Nearly nine in 10 parents responded they want to see closer GPS monitoring of bu [...]

Tags GPS monitoring, school bus

CSX Corp. plans to cut 300 management workers

November 12, 2014 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Florida-based railroad operator CSX Corp. plans to cut 300 management workers, mostly through buyouts by the end of the year. Most of the workers targeted are based at the company’s Jacksonville headquarters. Spokeswoman Melanie Cost tells The Flori [...]

Tags CSX

Thank you, military veterans!

November 11, 2014 World War I – known at the time as “The Great War” – officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France. However, fighting ceased seven months earlier when an armistice, or tempo [...]

Happy V

November 11, 2014

PSU alumnus creates scholarship for rail program

November 11, 2014 A Penn State alumnus has created a scholarship that will support students enrolled in the college’s rail transportation engineering (RTE) program, a groundbreaking academic initiative designed to prepare students for placement and career advancement within the rail indu [...]

Tags Penn State, PSU, Scholarship