by SRTC Staff | Apr 8, 2014 | Uncategorized |
Railroads are launching a campaign to increase awareness of danger at train tracks. The number of the Idaho Press-Tribune. trespassing deaths grew 11 percent last year, to 476. And the number of deaths in accidents increased nearly 8 percent, to 250 according to...
by SRTC Staff | Mar 18, 2014 | Uncategorized |
A triple-decker boulevard that runs through Manhattan, with trains on its lower deck, cars in the middle and planes landing on top- now that’s multimodal? But is it realistic for the future? Someone apparently thought it was realistic for the past. Dr. T....
by SRTC Staff | Feb 24, 2014 | Uncategorized |
As more information becomes available, more concerns are surfacing concerning oil and coal trains. A report released last week estimates that shipping the fuels by rail could bring 82 trains a day through Spokane and Sandpoint in ten years. At the...
by SRTC Staff | Feb 19, 2014 | Uncategorized |
According to KXLY News, shipments of freight and oil are bumping Amtrak’s use of rail lines, causing the trains to detour. Amtrak uses BNSF Railway Co. lines and says “severe freight train interference” is causing long delays along the...
by SRTC Staff | Feb 4, 2014 | Uncategorized |
We’ve been hearing a lot lately about oil and coal trains through our area. Many people are worried about the health impacts of such trains, while here at SRTC we are interested in the impacts to traffic, such as if increased train traffic cause longer delays to...
