Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Freight

Freight Rail, Streetcars Are Tops in U.S. DOT’s TIGER Chase

By Elana Schor | Feb 17, 2010 | 8 Comments

The Obama administration today announced the winners of $1.5 billion stimulus in highly competitive stimulus grants under the program known as Transportation Investments Generating Economic Recovery, or TIGER. Southeastern and midwestern freight rail projects were the day’s biggest winners, with urban streetcar projects also making a big splash. Freight rail in Chicago, where the CREATE […]

Buffett’s Bet on Rail: What Does It Mean for Transport and Energy?

By Elana Schor | Nov 3, 2009 | 14 Comments

The financial world was riveted this morning by billionaire investor Warren Buffett’s move to take full ownership of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) railroad, a $34 billion deal that ranks as the largest ever executed by Buffett’s company, Berkshire Hathaway. Warren Buffett (Photo: Redfin) But what does Buffett’s purchase mean for the nation’s energy […]