In Episode 4, I will be discussing the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD) receiving the Full Funding Agreement  from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Capital Investment Program for its Double Track Northwest Indiana project and what it means for the Northwest Indiana Region and the funding framework that was used to help make this project come to fruition.  

Are your holiday packages being delayed? Can't get a Tracking Number or a exact date for when your Christmas gifts will arrive? I wish I could say that these were isolated experiences, unfortunately this has become the norm for big businesses, small businesses, producers and consumers alike! But why? In this Episode of the Diverging Clear Podcast, I breakdown what's going on at the West Coast's Ports of Long Beach, Los Angeles, Seattle and Tacoma and also what's taking place in Chicago and how its affecting everything from holiday packages to imports and exports. Check it out and don't forget to share it with your friends and family!!

In this Episode we will be discussing the legal battle between the Union Pacific Railroad and Metra (Metropolitan Rail Corporation) over the Purchase Service Agreement that just expired with no agreement in place to continue the service. We will be discussing the History of this PSA, the UP's claim the it no longer has an "common carrier obligation", to continue the service under the same framework that it has in the past. The Podcast hosts, William Moore  and Jemayne Walker will also compare other agreements that an East Coast Class I railroad held but decided to withdraw altogether from providing any commuter rail service at all but used a different more civil exit strategy than the one Union Pacific is trying to employ with Metra.    

The inaugural episode of the Diverging Clear Podcast discusses and compares two commuter rail projects. One project in the Midwest, NICTD's West Lake Corridor, is on track to receive the full portion of Federal funding through the FTA Capital Investment Grant Program and is ready to break-ground and the other on the East Coast, Amtrak's Gateway Project, is waiting to get a favorable project rating to move to the next phase of the CIG program. We will discuss the the history of the FTA's CIG program along with an overview of the two aforementioned projects and discuss how and why these projects are in their current phases. This podacst is hosted by William Emery Moore Founder and CEO of EME Rail Solutions LLC and by Jemayne Walker owner and founder of Three Kings Freight Brokerage LLC.