Insights - October 2014 - (Page 2)

Contents Federal Update...................................................2 2012-2014 Yearly Traffic Totals.........................11 Freight Reports................................................11 State Legislative Update...................................15 Sustainability News.........................................15 Port News........................................................16 People in the News..........................................18 In Brief.............................................................20 Welcome New Members..................................24 Intermodal Calendar........................................28 Cover image © IANA Intermodal Insights is published monthly by the Intermodal Association of North America for the benefit of its members. Intermodal Insights is a registered trademark of the Intermodal Association of North America. All rights reserved. Paul Scott Abbott, Editor Send press releases and letters to the editor to insights@intermodal.org. Must be received by the 10th of the month to be considered for inclusion in the next issue. Maggie Miller, Advertising Sales 301-982-3400, ext. 350 advertising@intermodal.org Joanne F. Casey, President & CEO Federal Update $600 Million Going to TIGER Awardees The U.S. Department of Transportation has announced grant awards totaling $600 million in the sixth round of its Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery, or TIGER, program. The 72 chosen recipients, spanning 46 states, were selected in a competitive process from among 797 eligible applicants, while the total of $9 billion requested was 15 times the funding award amount, according to U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, who made the fiscal 2014 TIGER awards announcement Sept. 12. "As uncertainty about the future of long-term federal funding continues, this round of TIGER will be a shot in the arm for these innovative, job-creating and quality-of-life-enhancing projects," Secretary Foxx said. New TIGER awards to members of the Intermodal Association of North America and related entities include: * $20 million, Port of Seattle, toward the $66.1 million Terminal 46 modernization project and related improvements; * $20 million, Florida Department of Transportation, toward the $190 million project to elevate a portion of U.S. 41 between Miami and Southwest Florida; * $15 million, Virginia Port Authority, toward the $31 million project to bring a new intermodal gate complex and related enhanced highway links to Norfolk International Terminals; and * $10.84 million, South Carolina State INTERMODAL ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA 11785 Beltsville Drive, Suite 1100 Calverton, MD 20705-4048 301-982-3400 * Fax: 301-982-4815 www.intermodal.org 2 Intermodal Insights | October 2014 Ports Authority, toward the $86.32 million Wando Welch Terminal rehabilitation project. The largest single awards were each for $25 million - one to Maine and New Hampshire transportation departments, to fund rail components of a $158.5 million replacement span for the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge between the two states, and the other to the New York City Department of Transportation, to go toward a $52.8 million pedestrian and bicyclist safety improvement program. Visit http://bit.ly/TIGERgrants to view details on all 72 awards. A total of more than $3.5 billion in TIGER grants has been awarded since the program began under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Measure Aims to Expand STB Leadership of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation introduced on Sept. 8 a piece of legislation to make the Surface Transportation Board an independent establishment, increase its number of members to five from three and expedite handling of complaints. Sen. John "Jay" Rockefeller IV, D-W. Va., and Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., the committee's chairman and ranking minority member, respectively, introduced S. 2777, the Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of 2014, and the full committee unanimously approved the bill via voice vote on Sept. 17. The National Industrial Transportation League quickly stated its support for the bill, while the Association of American Railroads said it would result in harm to railroads' ability to move freight, to deliver service levels expected by shippers and to sufficiently reinvest capital. Visit www.govtrack.us/congress/ bills/113/s2777 to track the bill and http://bit.ly/NITLresponse and http://bit. ly/AARresponse, respectively, to view the NITL and AAR responses. Senators Proffer Rail Safety Act A bill proposing a comprehensive overhaul of rail safety laws and protocols is under consideration. S. 2784, the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2014, was introduced Sept. 10 by Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Richard Federal Update - continued on page 19 http://www.bit.ly/TIGERgrants http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/s2777 http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/s2777 http://www.bit.ly/NITLresponse http://bit.ly/AARresponse http://bit.ly/AARresponse http://www.intermodal.org

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