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STB news release, 12/31:

 

STB PROPOSES RULE REQUIRING CLASS I RAILROADS TO PUBLICLY FILE WEEKLY DATA REPORTS ON SERVICE PERFORMANCE

 

The Surface Transportation Board announced today that it has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing new regulations requiring all Class I railroads and the Chicago Transportation Coordination Office, through its Class I members, to report certain service performance metrics to the Board on a weekly basis. Today’s action originates from the Board’s temporary data collection order issued on October 8 in United States Rail Service Issues – Data Collection, EP 724 (Sub-No. 3).

 

The Notice follows concerns expressed at public Board hearings and in other communications; data collected by the Board in United States Rail Service Issues, EP 724 (Sub-No. 3); and the agency’s recognition of the need for standardized performance data. The collection of performance data on a weekly basis would allow the Board not only to better understand current service issues, but also to more quickly identify and help resolve possible future regional or national service disruptions. Transparency would also benefit rail shippers and stakeholders by helping them to better plan operations and make informed decisions based on publicly available, near real-time data, and their own analysis of performance trends over time.

 

Today’s decision proposing the weekly reporting of certain performance metrics to the Board was issued in United States Rail Service Issues—Performance Data Reporting, Docket No. EP 724 (Sub-No. 4). That decision may be viewed and downloaded at the STB’s website, www.stb.dot.gov, under “E-LIBRARY / Decisions & Notices / 12/ 30 /14 “.

 

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Progressive Railroading, 5/3/16:

 

STB proposes requiring Class Is to report service performance weekly

The U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) yesterday issued a supplemental notice to a proposed rulemaking that would require Class Is and the Chicago Transportation Coordination Office (CTCO) to publicly file weekly data reports on service performance.

The board had required the reports to be filed on an interim basis in the wake of rail-service delays during the winter and spring of 2013-2014. In December 2014, the STB began the rulemaking process to make the performance reporting requirement permanent.

After receiving comments from the industry on the proposed rule, the board decided to waive the rules temporarily in order to allow a discussion about the proposed rules between industry representatives and the STB staff.

 

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