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Amtrak's Moorman Testifies at Senate Commerce Subcommittee Hearing on Rail Issues
“If the nation wants a passenger [rail] network of any significant size and impact, like the one we operate today, it will take public support to make it happen, just as it does everywhere across the globe,” Amtrak President and CEO Wick Moorman testified at a Feb. 15 hearing before the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security. He also listed the Northeast Corridor, Amtrak’s national network and the
system’s rolling stock and stations among the “aging assets” facing “infrastructure challenges.” Read Moorman’s testimony here.
CEOs Examine Leadership Qualities at Transit CEOs Seminar
The 2017 APTA CEOs Seminar in San Diego brought together 148 public transit agency leaders to explore broad questions related to leadership and workforce development, learn from each other, network and work on APTA matters such as bylaws changes and the CEO search. Read more in the Feb. 27 issue of Passenger Transport.
Delayed Deadlines for Buy America, Award Management Requirements
FTA has postponed implementation dates from February to March 21 for two recently finalized guidance documents in accordance with a Jan. 20 Presidential Memorandum. They are Award Management Requirements-Final Circular (82 FR 4455, Jan. 13, 2017) and Buy America Handbook-Conducting Pre-Award and Post-Delivery Audits of Rolling Stock Procurements (82 FR 4959, Jan. 17, 2017). For details, click here.
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