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Senate Committee Rejects Radical House Cuts to Trains.

Senate Committee Rejects Radical House Cuts to Trains. The Senate Appropriations Committee advanced its Fiscal Year 2024 Transportation-Housing and Urban Development (T-HUD) bill by a unanimous vote yesterday. Thankfully, the Senate’s bipartisan budget proposal...

STB Asks Tough Questions About Late Trains.

STB Asks Tough Questions About Late Trains. The Surface Transportation Board won’t make a finding on Union Pacific’s responsibility for the Sunset Limited’s horrible delays until at least the first quarter of next year, the Board’s Sunset investigation schedule...

Full Pa. Appeals Court Says Uber App Arbitration Terms Unfair.

Full Pa. Appeals Court Says Uber App Arbitration Terms Unfair. After a second look at the issue, a Pennsylvania appellate court held on Wednesday that hyperlinked arbitration agreements for ride-hailing services have eroded the constitutional right to trial, finding...

Full 4th Circ. Won’t Review Ex-CSX Workers’ FMLA Suit.

Full 4th Circ. Won’t Review Ex-CSX Workers’ FMLA Suit. A ruling that CSX Transportation didn’t break the law when it fired employees for requesting medical leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act will remain intact, as the judges of the Fourth...

Letter to Members of Congress Encourages Support for REEF Act.

ASLRRA joined the Association of American Railroads (AAR), the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO in letters to members of the House and Senate encouraging them to support the Railroad Employee Equity and Fairness...