TTD in the news

CP cites growing shipper support for NS merger deal, while UPS and TTD voice objections As published in Progressive Railroading Canadian Pacific has received more than 80 letters from shippers in support of its proposed takeover of Norfolk Southern Corp., CP announced yesterday. Sixty-two of the letters have been posted on the Surface Transportation Board […]

Labor seeks to block proposed freight rail merger   As published by Keith Laing in The Hill   The AFL-CIO’s Transportation Trades Department is seeking to block a proposed merger between Canadian Pacific Railway and Norfolk Southern that has been dubbed a “Wall Street takeover” of a prominent U.S. freight company by critics. Calgary-based Canadian […]

US Dept of Transportation Secretary Foxx to Transit officials: Maximize Impact of $305 Billion FAST Act to Create U.S. Jobs   As published by Alaa Milbes in Mass Transit Mag   Late last year, President Barack Obama signed the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (Fast Act) approving $305 billion in transit spending. The Act includes […]

Did you miss TTD President Ed Wytkind discuss Amtrak funding on America’s Workforce Radio on Monday? You’re in luck — you can listen to the show here on the MoveAmerica blog. Over the last two years, Americans across the country have been polled on their views about passenger rail. Ed discussed the overwhelming results in his interview: […]

Amtrak requests $1.8B for fiscal 2017 As published by Keith Lang in The Hill   Amtrak is requesting $1.8 billion for fiscal 2017, officials said Wednesday. The request includes $649 million for operating expenses, $920 million for capital construction costs and $263 million in grants that were authorized by Congress in a transportation funding bill […]

Did you miss TTD President Ed Wytkind discussing transportation devolution on The Rick Smith Show? You’re in luck — you can listen to the show here on the MoveAmerica blog. As the countdown to the 2016 presidential election keeps ticking, several GOP presidential candidates have inserted transportation devolution into their campaign platforms. They seem to think such […]

[As published By John Previsich And Edward Wytkind on AL.com] By John Previsich, president of SMART – Transportation Division and Edward Wytkind, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO  Alabamians sure love their college football, but what we’ve just recently learned is that they also like their passenger trains — and they’re willing to pay for […]

Unions cry foul over Norwegian subsidiary’s FACP request As published in Air Cargo World   Several labor unions and rival trans-Atlantic carriers are concerned about Norwegian Air Shuttle’s most recent application for a foreign air carrier permit (FACP) for its new subsidiary, Norwegian Air UK Ltd. (NAUK). Opponents are calling the move nothing more than […]

Norwegian Seeks U.S. Approval For U.K. Subsidiary As published by Madhu Unnikrishnan and Jens Flottau Two years ago, low-cost carrier Norwegian filed to receive a foreign air permit in the U.S. for its Irish subsidiary, Norwegian Air International (NAI). What would normally have been a routine administrative task has turned into a protracted and bitter political […]

Norwegian US licence battle continues As Published by Sarah bostock   Norway-registered parent company Norwegian Air Shuttle (NAS) has several subsidiaries. One of them is Norwegian Air International (NAI), registered in EU country Ireland. This firm, which operates Ireland-registered Boeing 787 Dreamliners to America, wishes to employ rights afforded by the transatlantic EU-US Open Skies […]