Trouble comes to the Mississippi from prolonged drought
Shippers don’t seem to be shifting goods from barges to trucks or rails, Zea said, because those modes have their own problems.
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Policy · 117th Congress
Better watch your speed, watchdog and others tell a flush Amtrak
Amtrak says that estimate would effectively “gold-plate” freight tracks in order to give Amtrak access to rails it has a right to.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
‘Mayor Pete’ looks inside a political marriage
“We are excited with an exclamation point,” the avowed policy wonk said, eager to discuss roads, rails and pipelines, oh my!
Congress · 117th Congress
Biden’s infrastructure plan seen as aiding ‘initial link’ in farm supply chain
The American Society of Civil Engineers’ 2021 report card gives U.S. roads, bridges, rails, waterways, public parks and other infrastructure an overall grade of C-.
Policy · 116th Congress
Biden will support Amtrak; can he convince GOP?
How his years riding the rails put him on a first-name basis with Amtrak staff. How he announced his first presidential bid at the train station in Wilmington in 1987.
Congress · 116th Congress
Crawford plays legislative whack-a-mole with China-made buses, railcars
“Because of his military background, because of his ranking membership of the rails subcommittee, because Arkansas is a big state for rail manufacturing, he just sort of hits all the different buckets
Policy · 116th Congress
White House pushes ban on Chinese-made buses, rail cars
“The CRRC moved into Australia in 2008 and within a decade the four domestic suppliers of freight and transit rails are gone.”
Congress · 116th Congress
Government shutdown pushing Metro off the rails to the tune of $400K every weekday
Government shutdown pushing Metro off the rails to the tune of $400K every weekday -
Politics · 115th Congress
Jeff Denham Claims He’ll Be Transportation Chair — But What About Sam Graves?
“While there are a lot of important issues that come through that committee from highway to rails to airports, our oceans, our Army Corps … it also builds water storage,” he said in his remarks.
Politics · 115th Congress
Amtrak Safety — or Danger — Needs a Hearing, Cantwell Says
“The alarming rate of incidents on our rails is cause for tremendous concern,” she wrote.