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AAR Reports August 2010 Rail Traffic Continues Mixed Progress
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has reported that monthly rail carloads for August 2010 were up 5.7 percent compared with the same period last year, but still down 11.6 percent compared with August 2008. According to AAR’s September Rail Time Indicators Report, the weekly average of...
AAR’s Jennifer Macdonald Appointed By Governor O’Malley to Transportation Funding Commission
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has announced that Assistant Vice President of Government Affairs Jennifer Macdonald has been appointed by Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley to a Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation Funding as a representative of the freight rail...
AAR Reports Slight Improvement in Monthly Rail Traffic in July 2010
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported that monthly rail carloads for July 2010 were up 4.1 percent compared with the same period last year, but still down 14.6 percent compared with July 2008. According to AAR’s August Rail Time Indicators Report, intermodal traffic in July...
AAR Lauds Senate Freight Rail Infrastructure Capacity Expansion Act of 2010
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has praised the introduction of the Freight Rail Infrastructure Capacity Expansion Act of 2010 (S.3749) by Senators Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) and John Ensign (R-Nev.). This bi-partisan measure is aimed at encouraging private capital investments that can...
DOT Secretary Ray LaHood visits Transportation Technology Center, Pueblo, CO
 — Secretary Ray LaHood’s first visit to his research and testing facility on July 28, 2010, proved to be an especially sunny day for TTCI employees. Soon after arriving, FRA Associate Administrator for Safety Jo Strang, AAR President & CEO Ed Hamberger, and TTCI President Roy...
U.S. House of Representatives Knows Freight Rail Works
The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously voted July 27, 2010 in support of a resolution honoring America’s freight railroad industry and its employees.“Freight rail has played a critical role in the economic development of the United States and has helped to build cities and strengthen...
AAR Lauds Senators Rockefeller, Voinovich Carbon Capture & Storage Deployment Bill
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has announced support for the Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Deployment Act of 2010 (S. 3591) introduced by Senators John D. Rockefeller IV (D- W.Va.) and George V. Voinovich (R-Ohio). Coal is the single largest customer segment for the nation’s...
Hamberger Named To Board of Trustees of Mineta Transportation Institute
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has announced that President and CEO Edward R. Hamberger has been named a member of the Mineta Transportation Institute’s Board of Trustees. Established by Congress in 1991, the Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI) is a national University...
AAR Reports Dip in Monthly Carloads in June 2010
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has reported that monthly rail carloads for June 2010 were up 10.6 percent compared with last year, but still down 10.2 percent compared with June 2008. According to AAR’s July Rail Time Indicators Report, intermodal traffic in June was up 19.2...
TTCI Receives 2010 Federal Grant for Surface Transportation Emergency Training
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced the Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI), will receive a 2010 national training program grant for training state, local, and tribal first responders at the Security and Emergency Response Training Center (SERTC) campus.TTCI, a...

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