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Some of the states that received the highest funding for high speed rail projects now face a new test, their Governor. Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, Texas and Wisconsin all had Republican Governors win their races, each has stated they will reduce high speed rail in some way. In Wisconsin a major high speed rail project
Read moreOn September 14, 2010, the Executive Council met with all of the International Representatives and Assistant International Representatives to discuss important financial issues impacting the future of our Union. They discussed how, over the past several years, TCU has taken significant steps to save TCU millions of dollars in an effort to keep the union
Read moreDuring the fiscal year 2010 that just ended September 30, Amtrak carried 28,716,857 passengers and earned $1.74 billion in ticket revenue. That’s a 5.7 percent increase in ridership and a 9 percent rise in ticket revenue over FY ’09. Eclipsing the previous best year ever, FY ’08. In a statement to employees Amtrak CEO Joe
Read moreIn a statement released by the President of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), Edward Wytkind met with President Obama, Secretary Geithner, Secretary LaHood, and a number of governors and mayors about moving significant transportation investment initiatives forward. “America needs shorter commutes, fewer air travel delays, more transit and passenger rail options, modernized bridges, highways
Read moreRepublicans running for governor in a handful of states could block, or significantly delay the plan to expand the passenger rail system and to develop the nation’s first high speed train service. The GOP candidates for governor in some of the states that won the biggest stimulus rail awards are the ones saying they will
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