Weinberg, Gordon, Eustace, Huttle & Advocates Call For Improved Oil Train Safety In New Jersey (NJ Senate Democrats)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Jun 2016
Call for Enactment of Legislation to Improve Transparency, Accountability of Rail Companies. TRENTON - Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg, Senator Bob Gordon and Assemblyman Tim Eustace and Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle today called for improved transparency, accountability and safety related to trains carrying crude oil through Teaneck and other densely populated communities across northern New Jersey....

Rerouted CN Trains May Cause Traffic Delays in Coming Weeks (City of Saskatoon)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Jun 2016
Canadian National recently advised the City to expect over the next few weeks more train activity along its rail line from the north City limits to the 11thStreet-area rail yard. CN notified the City it will reroute five trains per day through Saskatoon because of construction on other rail lines outside of the City. The rail company says ......

Ladder used to bypass Foresthill Bridge suicide prevention barrier

Edit Sacramento Bee 23 Jun 2016
Despite the installation of taller railings, people are still committing suicide in increasing numbers at the Foresthill Bridge in Auburn ... The 54-year-old Rocklin man placed a ladder against the south railing of the bridge, climbed the ladder and jumped to his death ... While parked atop the bridge, the truck sends a bucket over the edge of the railing, allowing inspectors to look at the features on the underside of the bridge....

Merkley, Wyden Ask Federal Railroad Administration to Halt Resumption of Oil Train Traffic in Columbia River Gorge (Jeff Merkley)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Jun 2016
The senators called on the United States Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to halt crude oil traffic on this rail segment until the causes of the accident have been fully analyzed and necessary steps to prevent a similar derailment have been taken ... We urge the Federal Rail Administration (FRA) to use the emergency order authority outlined in 49 U.S.C....

Hint of third Asia BRTS meet in Pune this year

Edit The Times of India 23 Jun 2016
Pimpri Chinchwad. The Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad municipal corporations could jointly organize the third Asia BRTS conference in the city ... Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) is considered a good alternative mass transit project besides the metro rail, mono rail and light rail transit ... In Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad, bus operations on four BRTS corridors have started ... RELATED ... Recommended By Colombia ....

IWay guardrail project half completed

Edit The Providence Journal 23 Jun 2016
— Half of the improperly-installed railings on the Route 195 IWay Bridge have been repaired and the Jersey barriers that have stood in front of them for three years removed.Cardi Corporation, the contractor that originally built the guardrail, completed the repair job on the two high-speed lane railings, (the inside lanes on the bridge) and ......

State agency urges panel to deny oil-terminal project

Edit The Oklahoman 23 Jun 2016
(AP) — The state agency in charge of protecting millions of state land from wildfires is opposing a proposal to build an oil-by-rail terminal in Vancouver, citing risks of wildfires ......

UTA approves budget and more service in Davis, Weber, Tooele counties

Edit Deseret News 23 Jun 2016
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Transit Authority board of trustees Wednesday approved a $376 million budget that includes $4.7 million for service improvements in three northern Utah counties that voted in favor of Proposition 1 last November ... The measure passed in 17 of 29 counties statewide ... Money was also dedicated to revamping the light rail stop at the Salt Lake City International Airport ... E-mail. jlee@deseretnews.com Twitter....

Euro 2016: Michael O'Neill happy Northern Ireland will face Wales

Edit BBC News 23 Jun 2016
Manager Michael O'Neill believes results elsewhere have put Northern Ireland on the 'favourable' side of the draw in the last 16 of Euro 2016. Northern Ireland will play Wales in Paris on Sunday after advancing as one of the best third-placed teams ... It's Northern Ireland v Wales in the last 16 ... A night to savour for Northern Ireland ... "Northern Ireland are more physical than Turkey," said Coleman....

New research partnership to boost northern cattle industry (The University of Queensland)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Jun 2016
A multi-million dollar research and development program launched today will provide a massive boost to Australia's vital northern beef cattle industry. The Northern Beef Collaborative Partnership between Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) and The University of Queensland (UQ) is the most significant injection of research funds into northern beef cattle for 20 years and is designed to deliver significant productivity gains for producers....

Research leads to Great Barrier Reef rescue purchase (Griffith University)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Jun 2016
The State Government has agreed to purchase the grazing lease on the 56,000-hectare Springvale Station in north Queensland, which is a parcel of land central to the catchment for the northern Reef ... 'We are, however, excited by the opportunity that this presents to make a real difference to improving water quality to the northern Great Barrier Reef' said Dr Brooks....

Trains to be cancelled on second day of rail strikes

Edit BBC News 23 Jun 2016
Share. Share this with. Copy this link http.//www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-36597870 ... Traffic Scotland said there was likely to be "severe disruption" to some rail services and more traffic on the roads ... He said ... "We would again ask them to think about alternative measures to help ease the pressure on the rail network, such as working from home, car-sharing, avoiding travel at peak periods, and using buses to get to work. " ... He said ... ....

11 arrests over no-Tav protests

Edit Topix 23 Jun 2016
Turin, June 21 - Police on Tuesday placed nine people under house arrest and detained two people for transfer to prison, in addition to issuing citations to nine others in relation to protest demonstrations on June 28 of last year at the Chiomonte work site of the high-speed rail link being built between Turin and Lyon, France ... ....
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