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Bill Proposes Major DOT Changes
May 12, 2009 | 02:55 p.m. CDT
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman James Oberstar (D-Minn.) is calling for a major U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) restructuring under the next surface transportation bill, reports Progressive Railroading citing an item in BNA's Daily Report for Executives.
The bill's framework calls for creating a new undersecretary or assistant secretary for intermodalism who would meet monthly with all modal administrators. The bill's outline also proposes to consolidate the USDOT's 108 programs into four major formula programs: critical asset preservation; highway safety improvement; surface transportation program; and congestion mitigation and air quality improvement.
In addition, the USDOT and states would work to design six-year targets for four performance categories, with states submitting annual reports to the department and Congress.
The bill's framework also proposes to "level decision-making factors between highway and transit choices/projects," according to the outline. The federal government currently pays for half of transit projects, but funds 80 percent of highway and bridge work.
Daylight Saving Time Begins Sunday
Mar. 12, 2010 | 09:41 a.m. CST
Employees prepare for Daylight Saving Time, Sunday, March 14, at 2 a.m. More...
Intermodal, Carload Freight Up from Last Year
Mar. 11, 2010 | 02:25 p.m. CST
Rail freight volume on U.S. railroads is continuing to show some signs of recovery, with both carload freight and intermodal traffic during the week ended March 6 registering gains from last year. More...
Knight Discusses UP's Franchise, Business Initiatives
Mar. 9, 2010 | 12:45 p.m. CST
Rob Knight will address the J.P. Morgan Aviation, Transportation and Defense Conference Wednesday, March 10, at 11:15 a.m. ET. More...
KCS Acquires Mexico Intermodal Facility
Mar. 9, 2010 | 12:30 p.m. CST
Kansas City Southern announced March 8 that it acquired the Puerta Mexico intermodal facility at Toluca in the State of Mexico. Later this month, Kansas City Southern de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (KCSM) will add direct train service from Lazaro Cardenas to Puerta Mexico, providing Mexico City import and export shippers with a service alternative. More...
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