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9 Mar 2015, 10:04 am by Lyle Denniston
However, three opinions issued Monday raised considerable doubt that the authority to set standards to assure on-time performance of rail passenger service will remain as Congress dictated in a new Amtrak law seven years ago. [read post]
9 Mar 2015, 8:41 am
Fast forward a few decades, to when Congress passed the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008. [read post]
4 Mar 2015, 1:03 pm by Michael Markarian
The bill gives Amtrak the flexibility to develop the details of the policy to best fit the service and their customers. [read post]
4 Mar 2015, 1:03 pm by Michael Markarian
The bill gives Amtrak the flexibility to develop the details of the policy to best fit the service and their customers. [read post]
17 Feb 2015, 9:33 am by Katherine Bourdon
The House Transportation Committee has approved the Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act, a bill that would reauthorize Amtrak and other rail programs. [read post]
4 Feb 2015, 9:05 am by Michael Markarian
The bill gives Amtrak the flexibility to develop the details of the policy to best fit the service and their customers. [read post]
4 Feb 2015, 9:05 am by Michael Markarian
The bill gives Amtrak the flexibility to develop the details of the policy to best fit the service and their customers. [read post]
21 Jan 2015, 7:57 am by Michael Markarian
Fish and Wildlife Service from cracking down on the illicit trade in elephant ivory—was kept out of the final omnibus package, thanks to the efforts of many legislators including Sens. [read post]
6 Jan 2015, 4:34 pm by Michael Markarian
Fish and Wildlife Service from cracking down on the illicit trade in elephant ivory—was kept out of the final omnibus package, thanks to the efforts of many legislators including Sens. [read post]
8 Dec 2014, 12:52 pm by Lyle Denniston
Dupree, Jr., who had made sure to add the due process question to his brief in the case, opened by arguing that Amtrak had been handed “regulatory authority over other companies in the [rail] industry. [read post]
5 Dec 2014, 9:07 pm by Lyle Denniston
Congress came to passengers’ rescue in 1970, passing the Rail Passenger Service Act, which created the National Rail Passenger Corp. [read post]
4 Dec 2014, 5:00 pm by Stephen Wermiel
Amtrak operates largely over tracks owned by freight rail companies. [read post]
17 Nov 2014, 12:32 pm by Second Circuit Civil Rights Blog
The second amended class action complaint alleges that Pincus 'desires to utilize Amtrak rail stations not only to avail herself of the goods and services available at the rail stations,' but also in the capacity of a tester 'to assure herself that Amtrak is in compliance with the Rehabilitation Act so that she and others similarly situated will have full and equal enjoyment of the property without fear of discrimination.' The… [read post]
18 Sep 2014, 8:10 pm
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Betti joined representatives from Caltrans and Amtrak for a public event at the Emeryville train depot in order to raise awareness about rail safety. [read post]
8 Sep 2014, 5:00 am by Jon Gelman
Today's post was shared by Trucker Lawyers and comes from www.truckinginfo.comA jury decided a civil case on Friday that pitted the nation’s passenger rail service against one trucking company, with the fleet having to pay more than $4.5 million in damages, according to Courthouse News Service.Nevada-based John Davis Trucking was found to be at fault for the June 2011 crash about 70 miles east of Reno when one of its drivers slammed into an Amtrak train along… [read post]
22 Jul 2014, 5:58 pm by Kevin M. Sheys
Circuit’s decision which] severely damaged Amtrak's leverage with the freight rail companies whose tracks it shares. [read post]
8 Jul 2014, 4:35 pm by Kevin M. Sheys
Martin O’Malley said “We're taking the first step toward upgrading rail traffic through this Civil War era tunnel, which will improve passenger rail service along the entire East Coast. [read post]
27 Jun 2014, 8:36 am by John Elwood
  Association of American Railroads, 13-1080, asks whether Section 207 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 is an unconstitutional delegation of legislative power to Amtrak. [read post]
24 Jun 2014, 5:20 am by Amy Howe
Association of American Railroads, in which the Court will consider whether Amtrak’s role in drafting standards for rail passenger service violated the non-delegation doctrine – which prohibits Congress from giving someone else the power to write federal laws. [read post]
23 Jun 2014, 11:38 am by Lyle Denniston
   It will do so in a case involving the quality of rail passenger service on the Amtrak system. [read post]