Archive for March 15, 2018
Potential fraud alert: United Healthcare members receiving scam calls
http://www.ble-t.org/pr/news/newsflash.asp?id=6084 (From a United Healthcare press release.) INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, March 15 – It has been brought to our attention that some United Healthcare members have received unsolicited phone calls from Tennessee and Georgia area codes from individuals posing as United Healthcare representatives. These calls have been identified as a scam. The caller from the Georgia…
Read MoreTriMet’s FY2019 budget calls for light-rail upgrades, security boost
(Source: Progressive Railroading 03/15/2018) The Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet) yesterday released its fiscal-year 2019 proposed budget, which includes continued investments in the MAX light-rail system. The proposal details $710.1 million for the agency’s overall operating expenses, along with $274.2 million for TriMet’s capital improvement program. The FY2019 budget includes funds for station renovations along the…
Read MoreU.S. railroads’ carload, intermodal traffic up in Week 10
(Source: Progressive Railroading 03/15/2018) U.S. railroads logged a 6.2 percent traffic increase in the week ending March 10, with growth reported in both carload and intermodal activity compared with the same week a year ago. Total carloads for the week rose 1.6 percent to 256,075 carload compared with the same week in 2017, while U.S.…
Read MoreJersey Shore’s ghost tracks are back: Nor’easters reveal buried rail history
(Source: www.nj.com 03/12/2018) By Caitlyn Stulpin | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com The back-to-back nor’easters that have battered New Jersey this month with crippling snow and frustrating power outages have at least one, albeit fleeting, silver lining. The famed “ghost tracks” along a remote stretch of Jersey Shore beach have once again been revealed by the shifting tides, and…
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