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House Ways and Means Committee Passes Measure That Cuts Mass Transit Funds

The House Ways and Means Committee approved a plan to end a provision in the Highway Trust Fund that dedicates $2.86 of the gas tax to mass transit. The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) was opposed to the House Ways and Means Committee’s proposal to divert $25 billion in dedicated fuel tax revenues from the Mass Transit Account.

Signalmen Approve National Agreement

February 2, 2012, FRONT ROYAL, VA — Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen President W. Dan Pickett announced that the union’s members ratified the National Agreement. The Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS) represents more than 7,800 members affected by the new Agreement.

January 31, 2012
WASHINGTON — The Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen and 18 other transportation labor organizations urged Congress to pass a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization without making what they called “drastic and unnecessary changes to the Railway Labor Act (RLA).

Improvements to existing passenger train emergency systems regulations have been proposed by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). The improvements are aimed at helping passengers and passenger-train crew members better locate and operate emergency exits during evacuations, and to assist first responders in reaching trapped passengers more quickly. U.S.

Amtrak Letter to THUD Chairman Latham

In late 2011, Congress agreed to approve $1.43 billion in Amtrak funding for fiscal year (FY) 2012, $64 million less than Amtrak received in FY 2011. Within this funding, Congress also chose to zero-out any new spending for high-speed rail projects, and limit overtime pay on Amtrak to $35,000 per year, per employee.

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