The Surface Transportation Board (STB) — the agency that oversees freight railroad economic regulations — may force railroads to turn over traffic to competitors. This forced switching rule would slow rail operations and hurt shippers, consumers, the environment and the economy. Such market intervention is widely opposed and lacks justification.
Details can be found at https://www.aar.org/forced-switching#
The Surface Transportation Board (Board) will hold a public hearing on March 15 and 16, 2022, concerning the reciprocal switching regulations it proposed in this proceeding. The hearing will be held in the Hearing Room of the Board’s headquarters, located at 395 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20423-0001. All interested persons are invited to appear. In addition, the Board will pause the period for ex parte discussions, beginning January 24, 2022, and modify the instructions for ex parte communications in this proceeding to permit ex parte discussions with up to two Board members in the same meeting.
Details can be found at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/01/03/2021-28396/reciprocal-switching .
On Wednesday, September 1, 2021 from 10am-12pm PST, the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz), California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA), the Port of Long Beach, and the CSULB Center for International Trade and Transportation (CITT) will host a free webinar about California’s supply chain. The Virtual Workshop will provide a forum for industry, community, and policy makers to refine and prioritize the solutions that will be critical in igniting collaborative discussion and problem-solving. The workshop outcomes will be used to inform the discussion at a follow-up in-person summit for decision makers to identify solutions-driven and mutually agreed upon next steps to resolving them. This workshop will be highly interactive and will be hosted on the online Remo Conference platform, which allows participants to break into small groups for discussions.
For more information, visit the Center for International Trade and Transportation’s (CITT) LinkedIn page. To register for the conference, use this link: https://live.remo.co/…/california-supply-chain…/register .
You will need to register for a Remo account in order to register for this workshop. For questions, please contact the CITT Team at CPIE-CITT@csulb.edu .