Both Democrats and Republicans representing the Pacific Northwest say the creation of a ship-to-rail container port at the existing Port of Coos Bay could boost West Coast port capacity by as much as 10%.
Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., doesn’t want federal regulators to approve a voting trust that Canadian railway CN would establish as part of the process to acquire Kansas City Southern.
Democratic leaders with the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure want the General Accountability Office to examine the effects that precision scheduled railroading has had on freight and passenger rail operations, rail safety and the labor workforce.
Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Oregon, chair of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, is concerned that efforts by rival Canadian railways to acquire Kansas City Southern could usher in more consolidations in the freight rail sector.
Labor groups praise bill’s contents but key freight rail group is “disappointed.”
Postponement until completion of safety study part of $494 billion highway bill
Trump and Republicans at odds over using pandemic as bridge to transportation funding.
LNG export proposal immediately slammed by Democrat lawmakers.
Democrats, labor consider California’s AB5 a “good first step”
Amendment would hinder LNG export plans by New Fortress Energy
ATA points out that the proposal, to be officially unveiled on Capitol Hill this week, makes several wrong assumptions.
Trump’s budget bodes well for certain freight grants but Democrats take issue with reliance on the private sector.
Infrastructure hearings and a controversial waiver have lawmakers taking sides on the Jones Act debate.
Railroads – like trucking – will be focusing on solving the Highway Trust Fund problem this year. But could a Green New Deal become a competitive selling point?
Lots of ideas for federal funding of infrastructure at Capitol Hill hearing, but the “pay-for” question still looms.
The biggest hurdle to making an infrastructure plan work is figuring out how to pay for it. A Washington D.C. think tank says Congress is ready to consider mileage-based user fees.
Freight lobbyists are banking on leadership changes in the 116th Congress to pave the way for infrastructure financing that stalled during the first half of Trump’s administration.
