Regulatory Compliance, Business Representation 31 Jan 2025 advisory committee, nominations, surface transportation, passenger rail, business representation

🛤️Notice of Vacancy in Passenger Rail Advisory Committee, Nominations Open

The Surface Transportation Board (Board) hereby gives notice of a vacancy on the PRAC for a representative from a state that provides funding for intercity passenger rail. The Board is soliciting nominations from the public for candidates to fill this vacancy.

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Regulatory Compliance, Economic Development 14 Jan 2025 regulatory compliance, environmental impact, financial assistance, surface transportation, new york, rail abandonment
Compliance, Financial 14 Jan 2025 compliance, business regulation, motor carriers, administrative practice and procedure, civil monetary penalties, transportation industry, surface transportation, freight forwarders, brokers, inflation

📈2025 Civil Monetary Penalty Adjustments by the Surface Transportation Board

The Surface Transportation Board (Board) is issuing a final rule to implement the annual inflationary adjustment to its civil monetary penalties, pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015.

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Regulatory Requirements, Financial Reporting 10 Jan 2025 business regulation, railroad, financial implications, surface transportation, cost of capital

🚂Analysis of Railroad Cost of Capital Regulations for 2024

The Board is instituting a proceeding to determine the railroad industry's cost of capital for 2024. The decision solicits comments on the following issues: the railroads' 2024 current cost of debt capital, the railroads' 2024 current cost of preferred equity capital (if any), the railroads' 2024 cost of common equity capital, and the 2024 capital structure mix of the railroad industry on a market value basis.

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Compliance, Financial Regulations 8 Jan 2025 compliance, motor carriers, finance, surface transportation, acquisition, minnesota

🚍Transportation Board Approves Acquisition of Minnesota Motor Carriers

TIP Minnesota Coaches Acquisition LLC, TIP MN Investments LP, and Tiger Infrastructure Partners Fund IV AIV LP (Applicants) filed an application seeking authority to acquire control of seven interstate passenger motor carriers: Marschall Line, Inc. (Marschall Line), Minnesota Coaches, Inc. (Minnesota Coaches), Rehbein Transit Co., Inc. (Rehbein), Ready Bus Company Inc. (Ready Bus), Voyageur Bus Company, Inc. (Voyageur Bus), Minn-Dakota Coaches, Inc. (Minn-Dakota), and Faribault Transportation Service, Inc. (FTS) (collectively, the Subject Carriers). The Board is tentatively approving and authorizing the transaction. If no opposing comments are timely filed, this notice will be the final Board action.

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Compliance, Infrastructure Development 2 Jan 2025 regulatory compliance, surface transportation, rail industry, delaware, freight operations, lease agreements
Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 2 Jan 2025 compliance, business regulation, surface transportation, rail industry, arbitration