Abstract
Consensus building is the latest strategy being used by shipper groups trying to improve rail service in the Houston and Gulf Coast area. And it seems to be working. After months of complaints and disjointed proposals aimed at resolving the crisis stemming from the merger of Southern Pacific and Union Pacific (UP) railroads, a unified plan for doing so has emerged from a disparate collection of chemical associations, government bodies, and railroads. The coalition filed an eight-point plan with the Surface Transportation Board last week as input to STB's second of five annual oversight reviews of the merger. The reviews were a condition of the merger's approval. Service and competition are the rallying points for the coalition, says Maureen A. Healey, director of transportation issues at the Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI). The coalition is composed of the Chemical Manufacturers Association (CMA), SPI, the Railroad Commission of Texas, the Texas Chemical Council, and the ...
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