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The Surface Transportation Board (STB) of the United States is an independent federal agency that serves as an adjudicatory board.The board was created in 1996 following the abolition of the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) and absorbed regulatory powers relevant to the railroad industry previously under the ICC's purview.
Martin J. Oberman. Martin Jay Oberman (April 23, 1945) is an American government official and attorney who served as a member of the Surface Transportation Board (STB) from 2019 to 2024 and as STB chair from 2021 to 2024. He previously served as the chair of the board of directors at Metra, the Chicago commuter rail system.
The ICC Termination Act of 1995 is a United States federal law enacted in 1995 that abolished the Interstate Commerce Commission and simultaneously created its successor agency, the Surface Transportation Board. [1][2] On December 1, 2020, Oklahoma City federal judge Charles B. Goodwin referred to this Act when he declared unconstitutional a ...
Preceded by. New Position. Personal details. Political party. Republican. Education. University of Wisconsin–Madison (B.A., M.A.) Patrick Fuchs is an American public official who has served as a member of the Surface Transportation Board (STB) since January 17, 2019. [1] He is a member of the Republican Party.
Spouse. Jim Schultz. Education. Pennsylvania State University (B.A.) Widener University Delaware Law School (J.D.) University of Pennsylvania (M.G.A.) Michelle A. Schultz is an American attorney and government official. A member of the Republican Party, she has served as a member of the Surface Transportation Board (STB) since January 11, 2021.
Railroad classes are the system by which freight railroads are designated in the United States. Railroads are assigned to Class I, II or III according to annual revenue criteria originally set by the Surface Transportation Board in 1992. With annual adjustments for inflation, the 2019 thresholds were US$504,803,294 for Class I carriers and US ...
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) was created in the ICC Termination Act of 1995 and is the successor agency to the Interstate Commerce Commission. The STB is an economic regulatory agency that Congress charged with resolving railroad rate and service disputes and reviewing proposed railroad mergers.
The Surface Transportation Board classes the South Shore as a Class III railroad. [4] The railroad operates diesel locomotives on the whole line, despite some trackage being electrified for NICTD passenger service.