transportation

Rail unions weigh in with more analysis on Amtrak crash

May 20, 2015 By PAI

Why was there a one-person train crew and no Positive Train Control system?

Republicans lying about train safety funding

May 14, 2015 By John Wojcik

By mid-day Thursday, at least seven people were dead with more than 200 injured, in the wake of Tuesday's Amtrak train derailment.

“Least productive” Congress left D.C. without doing anything serious

August 1, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

Congress left town on August 1 for a month-long recess without tackling a host of U.S. problems - and lack of infrastructure funding is one of those topping the list.

Activists, unionists protest oil-by-rail

July 29, 2014 By Blake Skylar

The protest was about the risks posed to workers and people in general: Tthe Lac-Megantic oil train tragedy that killed 47 people was still fresh in the minds of many.

Writing on Amtrak

March 20, 2014 By Lou Siegel

Soon we'd be snaking through the freight yards and pulling into the Amtrak platform at L.A.'s Union Station. It was a dramatic opening scene - almost cinematic - filled with promise.