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Chicago commuter rail provider Metra has renewed its lawsuit criticizing how the Surface Transportation Board handled its review of the merger between Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern. Metra joins Union Pacific and a Chicago-area citizens group in suing STB.
In a Sept. 29 filing before the U.S. District Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., Metra asked the court to find that STB’s March 15 approval of the CP-KCS merger was unlawful and should be sent back to the board so it can address...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/metra-sues-stb-over-cp-kcs-merger-approval
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Hello, and welcome to the coolest community in freight! Here you’ll find the latest information on warehouse news, tech developments and all things reefer madness-related. I’m your controller of the thermostat, Mary O’Connell. Thanks for having me!
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Expanding its Chicagoland reach, Kuehne+Nagel is adding a GxP-compliant area in the Windy City. To be GxP-compliant, a facility must follow a set of regulations...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/running-on-ice-chicago-is-the-new-place-to-be
Three progressive groups want President Joe Biden to remove Marty Oberman from chairmanship of the Surface Transportation Board and replace him with board member Robert Primus because of the way Oberman handled the merger between Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern.
Their Wednesday letter addressed to Biden follows unrelated actions last week when the Coalition to stop CPKC, a group representing Chicago’s western suburbs, filed a lawsuit against STB on its decision to approve the $31...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/rail-industry-crises-spur-call-to-oust-stb-chair
Four congressional leaders from Illinois want the Surface Transportation Board to hold off on making a decision about whether to approve the merger between Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern because of their concerns about the data used in the environmental impact statement (EIS) prepared by the board.
The Illinois delegation consisting of U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, Sen. Tammy Duckworth and Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi and Delia Ramirez, all Democrats, is calling for the data...
CREATE breaks ground on 2 congestion-reducing projects in ChicagoThe Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency (CREATE) Program broke ground Tuesday on two projects aimed at improving network flows for freight and passenger trains in Chicago.
The Forest Hill Flyover project involves the construction of a bridge that the CREATE Program says will reduce conflicts between freight rail carriers Chicago Belt Railways, CSX (NASDAQ: CSX) and Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC) and passenger...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/rail-roundup-breaking-ground-and-breaking-records
Illinois congressional leaders are backing Chicago suburbs in their objections to the proposed merger between railways Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern.
In a Monday letter addressed to Surface Transportation Board Chairman Marty Oberman, a U.S. House and Senate delegation representing the state expressed concern that the merger between CP (NYSE: CP) and KCS as currently proposed would result in “significant impacts on noise, emergency response time, commuter rail operations, the...
Background
The first canal built in the United States was constructed during 1792-1796. Built with private funds, it circumvented the South Hadley Falls on the Connecticut River in Massachusetts. Other small-scale private ventures followed this one.
However, that changed in 1817 when construction of the state-funded Erie Canal began. It was a huge undertaking at that time; it was planned to connect Buffalo (which is located on Lake Erie) with the state capital of Albany (which is located on...
The World Business Chicago (WBC) report, Logistics Tech in Chicago 2022, is available for download. Chicago has a long history of being at the crossroads of transportation, distribution and logistics.
Today, central location, diverse talent pipeline, and legacy infrastructure—coupled with tech and innovation— are rapidly driving expansion and growth.
Download the report and read why Chicago continues to be the leading hub of movement— transporting people, goods, and new technologies across the...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/white-paper-logistics-tech-in-chicago-2022
Efforts to ramp up passenger and freight rail in the Midwest got a boost this week from two separate announcements citing additional opportunities to access Chicago.
Canadian Pacific said Wednesday it is working with Kansas City Southern to launch an international intermodal train service between Lazaro Cardenas in Mexico and Chicago. The first train for this service offloaded containers at CP’s Bensenville Yard in suburban Chicago on Tuesday morning, after having originated from Lazaro...