The future of a long-awaited elevated park project in North Philadelphia could hinge on a ruling by an obscure federal board.

The Surface Transportation Board has combined its two legal offices into one and named Anika Cooper as chief counsel, the board has announced. The changes were announced Monday (Aug. 4, 2025), but ...

Union Pacific's proposed purchase of smaller rival rail operator Norfolk Southern will need to be approved by the Surface ...

A trio of veteran experts will advise the Surface Transportation Board and chairman Patrick Fuchs as talk of mergers grows ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Surface Transportation Board said on Wednesday that Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern have ...

TD, says it will try to block the merger between freight railroads Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, citing UP labor ...

Evergy is claiming $55 million in damages after BNSF failed to deliver coal in 2022, the utility company said in a complaint ...

On May 29, 2025, in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado (2025) 605 U.S. ____, the Supreme Court gave instruction that the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) “is ...

The 8-0 decision overturned an appellate court’s ruling in favor of the Surface Transportation Board’s approval of the train line, supporting “agency choices so long as they fall within a ...

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) is considering revamping the calculations included in the waybill sample as part of wider efforts to make the rate review process more accessible, efficient ...