On May 31st the League told the Surface Transportation Board (STB) that rail shippers need the essential freight rail performance metrics now being reported to the agency by the nation’s Class I carriers. The League’s comments were in response to an April 29th release of a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the latest development in the STB’s Ex Parte 724 proceeding (United States Rail Service Issues—Performance Data Reporting.) READ MORE