Cory Martin
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House Approves Extension of Surface Transportation Programs and Positive Train Control Deadli
Washington, DC, Oct 28 The House of Representatives yesterday approved bipartisan legislation that funds and extends the authorization for federal highway and transit programs through November 20th, and that prevents a shutdown of the U.S. rail transportation system...
Short-term funding measure includes PTC deadline extension
HR 1763 is expected to be marked up this week. House GOP leaders late last week unveiled a measure that would extend federal transportation funding for three weeks. The current legislation is set to expire on Thursday. The extension would enable House leaders...
IDOT Public Meetings
Reminder remaining schedule: IDOT Announces Multi-Year Program Public Meetings Illinois Transportation Secretary Randy Blankenhorn announced that the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) is asking the public to participate in meetings being held throughout the...
FRA announces new track safety standards following CSX derailment
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Acting Administrator Sarah Feinberg announced this morning that broken rail was the cause of a CSX Transportation/Plains All American crude-oil train derailment in West Virginia earlier this year. She also announced steps to...
Bill introduced to extend PTC deadline
10/1/2015 The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's leadership yesterday introduced a bipartisan bill that would extend the deadline for railroads to implement positive train control (PTC) technology through the end of 2018. The bill would extend the...
IDOT Announces Multi-Year Program Public Meetings
IDOT Announces Multi-Year Program Public Meetings Illinois Transportation Secretary Randy Blankenhorn announced that the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) is asking the public to participate in meetings being held throughout the state to help develop the...
FRA’s Feinberg to get Senate confirmation hearing this week
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation announced late last week it will hold a confirmation hearing on Thursday for President Obama's nomination of Sarah Feinberg as the next administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). Feinberg...
Construction on Bakken pipeline gathering terminals to begin this winter
September 9, 2015 Zach Koppang | Shale Plays Media Construction on six gathering terminals for the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota is set to begin in January 2016, reports The Bakken Magazine. Matrix Service Inc., the firm constructing the terminals for Dakota...
Labor Day 2015
By Dennis R. Pierce BLET National President CLEVELAND, September 4 — This weekend we celebrate American workers and the labor movement. The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City. The Brotherhood of Locomotive...
Mobilization Alert: One more battle this year in Missouri, and it’s one we must win!
Mobilization Alert: One more battle this year in Missouri, and it’s one we must win! (The following message from the BLET Mobilization Team and the Missouri State Legislative Board is directed to BLET members and their families living in the state of Missouri.)...