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Rail
Rail shippers give policy wish list for 2021
Rail shippers discuss what issues they would like to see addressed in 2021. Among them: further action by the Surface Transportation Board and Congress on…
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Trucking Regulation
DOT may not be ready to take on automation safety
Cybersecurity skills are among the gaps identified in GAO review of DOT’s workforce.
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Rail
COVID-19 uncertainties, PSR part II: What’s on the minds of rail execs
Train lengths, improving network velocity and coronavirus uncertainties are among the big themes expressed by Class I railroad executives at a recent investor conference.
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Rail
Shippers, unions, railroads take sides at Senate hearing
Rail stakeholders debate the legacy of precision scheduled railroading and the common carrier obligation.
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Business
Commentary: A customer checklist for reading railroads’ third-quarter reports
Genuflecting toward Wall Street has symbolically become part of the North American Class 1 rail company culture.
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Rail
Cargill urging regulators to seek last-mile metrics from railroads (with video)
Brad Hildebrand discussed Cargill’s reliance on dependable rail service during FreightWaves Last Mile Logistics Summit.
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American Shipper
Commentary: Intermodal missed signals? Fumbling so close to the growth goal line?
Intermodal was supposed to be the growth engine for rail.
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News
House approves trucking insurance increase and hours-of-service delay
$1.5 trillion infrastructure bill passes U.S. House along party lines; includes truck insurance hike.
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Rail
Operational changes helped railcars move faster, says Union Pacific report
The railroad’s deployment of precision scheduled railroading resulted in faster and longer trains and reduced car sorting, according to the company’s recent sustainability report.
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Rail
Norfolk Southern sheds hundreds of locomotives
The company says its “disposal’ of 300 locomotives and its plans to sell 400 more are due to precision scheduled railroading.
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