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SMART TD at round table with Hillary Clinton in Kentucky

May 3, 2016 On May 2nd, SMART TD Kentucky State Legislative Director Jared Cassity and SMART TD Vice President Doyle Turner paticipated in a round table discussion in Ashland, Ky. with presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Read the complete story here.

Tags coal, freight, rail workers

FRA, FMCSA to host listening sessions on Obstructive Sleep Apnea

May 3, 2016 The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) will host three public listening sessions to solicit information on the prevalence of moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) among individuals occupying safety sens [...]

Tags FMCSA, FRA, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, OSA, Sleep Apnea

Unions reject NJT tentative agreement

May 2, 2016 SMART Transportation Division membership rejected a tentative agreement with New Jersey Transit from March that prevented a strike. BLET also rejected the agreement. Read more from NJ.com.

Tags BLET, New Jersey Transit, NJT, tentative agreement

Ill. county passes resolution supporting proposed two-person crew rule

April 27, 2016 The following is an article written by SMART Transportation Division Illinois State Legislative Director Bob Guy and was originally published on the Illinois State Legislative Board website, www.illini.utu.org. Upon the urging of SMART, the Will County Board passed a resoluti [...]

Tags Federal Railroad Administration, FRA, Illinois State Legislative Director Bob Guy, two-person crews

Class I’s announce 2016 first quarter financial results

April 27, 2016 CSX Corporation announced declining financial results for the first quarter 2016. Net earnings for the railroad decreased to $356 million or $0.37 per share, down from first quarter 2015 reported net earnings of $442 million or $0.45 per share. “As we managed through the impa [...]

Tags Class I railroads, CN, CP, CSX, first quarter 2016, first quarter earnings, KCS, NS, UP

Amtrak's 'Trails and Rails' adding NYC to D.C. route

April 26, 2016 Railway Age reported that The National Park Service, in partnership with Amtrak, added to its Saturday morning Trails and Rails program a New York to Washington, D.C. route. Read the entire story here.

Tags Amtrak, Trails and Rails

TSA announces service for Salina, Kan.

April 22, 2016 The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced that it will reinstate security service for the Salina, Kan. airport. Great Lakes Airlines was set to begin servicing the Salina Airport April 1, but could not due to lack of TSA service. With the restoration of TSA s [...]

Tags Great Lakes Airlines, Great Lakes Aviation, TSA

THUD allocates $56.5 billion to fund transportation

April 22, 2016 The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) passed $56.5 billion legislation to fund its programs for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017. The bill includes several positive allocations for rail: $1.7 billion for the Federal Railroad Admin [...]

Tags Amtrak, EAS, FAA, FRA, funding, TIGER grants

We need your comments on 2-person crews -Deadline extended to June 15

April 19, 2016 On March 15th, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) issued a long overdue proposed regulation requiring that most trains in America have a minimum of two crewmembers. While SMART TD supports the core requirements of the rule, we believe that it can be strengthened and im [...]

Tags FRA, Freight rail, passenger rail, two-person crews

TSA Fairness Act passes House, Great Lakes closer to service

April 18, 2016 The TSA Fairness Act (H.R. 4549) passed in the House of Representatives April 13. The bill requires the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to provide security services at smaller airports that are serviced commercially. This Act is significant because the TSA curren [...]

Tags Great Lakes Airlines, Transportation Security Administration, TSA, TSA Fairness Act