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Amtrak, known more formally as the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, is a railroad service, which is publicly funded but is operated and managed as a for-profit corporation; in other words, its structure is complex, but it is essentially a blend of government and private industry. [read post]
15 Apr 2015, 7:09 am by Ed. Microjuris.com Puerto Rico
Association of American Railroads Decidido: 9 de marzo de 2015 En 1970, el Congreso de los Estados Unidos creó la National Railroad Passenger Corporation, mejor conocida como Amtrak. [read post]
11 Apr 2015, 12:00 pm by The Public Employment Law Press
Rae served as Deputy Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration in the Obama Administration, where she managed the federal high speed rail initiative and developed national freight and passenger rail policy. [read post]
9 Mar 2015, 10:04 am by Lyle Denniston
The 2008 law at issue in a case that, at its core, was a basic dispute about the nation’s constitutional structure gave Amtrak a shared role with government agencies in writing — and enforcing — standards to control when railroad lines will be open to rail passenger traffic, ahead of freight traffic. [read post]
9 Mar 2015, 8:41 am
Here’s what I wrote about the case earlier in my Reason.org blog post: Amtrak, formally called the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, was created by statute in 1970. [read post]
5 Dec 2014, 9:07 pm by Lyle Denniston
— a private corporation now known popularly by its nickname, Amtrak — to continue to operate passenger trains. [read post]
4 Dec 2014, 5:00 pm by Stephen Wermiel
” Congress created Amtrak – the National Railroad Passenger Corporation – in 1970, and service began in 1971. [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]
23 Jun 2014, 10:13 am
Here’s what I wrote about the case earlier in my Reason.org blog post: Amtrak, formally called the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, was created by statute in 1970. [read post]
17 Jun 2014, 7:15 am by Maureen Johnston
Association of American Railroads 13-1080Issue: Whether Section 207 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008, which requires the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and Amtrak to “jointly . . . develop” the metrics and standards for Amtrak’s performance that will be used in part to determine whether the Surface Transportation Board (STB) will investigate a freight railroad for failing to provide the… [read post]
14 Apr 2014, 12:01 pm
The Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 gives Amtrak equal authority with the Federal Railroad Administration to develop performance standards and metrics for quality of passenger train operations. 49 U.S.C § 24101. [read post]
11 Apr 2014, 10:50 am
I’ve written about the case before, in a Reason.org blog post: Amtrak, formally called the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, was created by statute in 1970. [read post]
Department of Veterans Affairs Other Executive Branch Agencies Access Board Advisory Council on Historic Preservation African Development Foundation Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) Appalachian Regional Commission Central Intelligence Agency Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Commission on Civil Rights Commodity Futures Trading Commission Consumer Product Safety Commission Corporation for National and… [read post]
18 Jun 2012, 5:46 pm by Jonathan H. Adler
Adler) Gary Leff reports on a new Amtrak program whereby those who join the National Association of Railroad Passengers, a D.C. [read post]
1 May 2012, 12:02 pm by Eugene Volokh
National Railroad Passenger Corp. (1995) left open the possibility that the temporary vs. permanent control distinction was constitutionally relevant, but it didn’t decide the question.) [read post]
28 Feb 2012, 6:25 am by railroadaccidentfelalawyer
According VIA, which is the Canadian equivalent of Amtrak, the third fatality was a railroad trainee who was riding along to observe. [read post]
16 Feb 2012, 5:30 am by railroadaccidentfelalawyer
NTSB’s recommendations seem particularly appropriate for the passenger and freight rail lines that operate in Norfolk and Newport News, Virginia (VA), where I practice railroad law. [read post]
2 Feb 2012, 4:06 am by railroadaccidentfelalawyer
By Rick Shapiro, Railroad Crossing Train Crash Attorney An Amtrak engineer and conductor, a tractor-trailer driver and seven train passengers suffered injuries requiring hospital treatment when their train and truck collided in Michigan (MI) on February 1, 2012. [read post]
11 Sep 2011, 6:04 am by railroadaccidentfelalawyer
  We filed suit for the officer against his former employer, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (“Amtrak”) seeking recompense for the work-related injury. [read post]
11 Aug 2011, 11:37 am by Maine Employee Rights Group
District Court of Massachusetts by John Bonistalli, the attorney representing National Railroad Passenger Corporation. [read post]