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And then there were five: Senate approves two new STB members
The Senate has confirmed the appointments of Robert Primus and Michelle Schultz.
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Could autonomous trucks in dedicated lanes someday kill rail?
A panel of economic experts weighs in on the future of the Surface Transportation Board and the rail industry itself.
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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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Freight rail shippers press STB to consider additional data requirements
A rail shippers coalition continues efforts to ask the Surface Transportation Board to consider collecting first-mile and last-mile data.
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Freight rail advocacy group to STB: Keep rail regulation ‘balanced’
GoRail sent a letter on the 40th anniversary of the Staggers Act telling the Surface Transportation Board not to make wholesale changes to rail regulation.…
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Freight railroads meeting harvest season needs, say shippers on STB advisory panel
Grain members of Surface Transportation Board advisory committee say the railroads have been supplying sufficient amounts of power and crews to meet service needs.
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Surface Transportation Board seeks input on class exemption methods
The independent federal rail agency is looking at the market factors determining exemption from board oversight. The board also separately declared five Class I railroads…
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Surface Transportation Board adopts rule to improve data collected from freight railroads
The Board is modifying what data it collects from the waybill samples of the U.S. freight railroads.
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Rail economist: STB’s new rule helping ‘captive’ shippers needs testing
The rule outlines seven ways to determine whether a shipper is facing market dominance, or a situation in which shippers have limited rail shipping options.…
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Shippers’ group urges Senate to confirm STB nominees
The nominations of a Republican and Democrat to the Surface Transportation Board are pending before the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee.
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