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TTD and Union Pacific disagree over safety technology deployment
Union Pacific is seeking to extend its tests on wheel temperature detectors, but the Transportation Trades Department disagrees with the way UP wants to deploy…
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FRA requiring railroads to submit worker fatigue management plans
The Federal Railroad Administration is now requiring the Class I railroads, Amtrak and commuter railroads to submit fatigue risk management plans annually to the agency.
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Unions critical of BNSF’s new adjustments to attendance policy
BNSF has made some changes to the attendance policy that it implemented in February, but unions say the changes don’t go far enough to prevent…
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‘Industries dependent upon the railroads’ service are forsaken’
The letter sent by the National Grain and Feed Association to regulators about subpar rail service is finding support among other rail industry stakeholders.
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Transportation union wants federal action against Class 1 railroads’ attendance policies
The union coalition calls on federal agencies and railroads to ensure attendance policies don’t result in overly fatigued locomotive engineers and train conductors.
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Lawmakers raise driver privacy concerns on Capitol Hill
Driver surveillance surfaces as a potential downside at a vehicle automation hearing.
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Democrats want look at precision scheduled railroading’s impact
Democratic leaders with the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure want the General Accountability Office to examine the effects that precision scheduled railroading has had…
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Labor unions urge Biden administration to scrap automated vehicles plan
Two prominent labor unions want the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to reject the Trump administration’s automated vehicle (AV) strategy for relying too much on…
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Labor to DOT: Scrap Trump administration’s automated vehicles plan
Labor groups tell DOT that automated vehicle policy should not be based on industry self-regulation.
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House hearing witnesses argue rail more relevant to economy than ever
Witnesses at a U.S. House hearing on Wednesday stressed the need for a multimodal approach in federal support of the railroads, citing freight rail’s connection…
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