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Photo from Summit County Mountain Bike Allliance With Memorial Day this year comes the full-fledged start to mountain bike season in Summit County, and local leaders are excited for a strong summer after a 2020 when the community was affected by novel coronavirus regulations. “That’s what I’m exactly excited about: the return to normal,” Maverick Sports Promotions Event Director Jeff Westcott said Friday, May 28. “This season is pretty much a 180 (degree turnaround) from last year, when we could only proceed according to the current guidelines. This year, we were encouraged to plan ...

From the Association of American Railroads (AAR) Rail Time Indicators. Graphs and excerpts reprinted with permission. Numerous U.S. rail traffic categories have completely recovered the ground lost during the pandemic or are very close to doing so. For example, April saw a new all-time record for U.S. intermodal shipments, driven by surging international trade and strong consumer spending. The weekly average for intermodal for April was 293,488 containers and trailers, breaking the record of 293,305 set in January 2021. ... Meanwhile, U.S. carloads of grain, food, lumber, paper, scrap m...

April 28, 2021 AAR: Intermodal Soars in Week 16 Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor U.S. intermodal continued its double-digit growth trend for the week ending April 24, 2021, with a whopping 34.3% gain vs. the prior-year period, according to an Association of American Railroads’ (AAR) April 28 report. For comparison: The biggest monthly gain ever for intermodal came in March 2021—up 24% over March 2020, noted AAR earlier this month in Rail Time Indicators. That month contained two weeks of 28% gains. March also marked a rail traf...

From the Association of American Railroads (AAR) Rail Time Indicators. Graphs and excerpts reprinted with permission. When the pandemic first began around mid-March 2020, firms across the country and across industries shut down or drastically reduced operations, leading to sharply lower volumes for many rail traffic categories. A year later, rail traffic has rebounded, leading to year-over-year volume percentage gains that in some cases reflect easier comparisons more than underlying market factors. March’s rail traffic numbers are impacted by the easier comparisons. Total U.S. carl...

From the Association of American Railroads (AAR) Rail Time Indicators. Graphs and excerpts reprinted with permission. The U.S. freight rail network is subject to, and sometimes at the mercy of, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and other whims of nature. In February, the whims included exceptionally cold and icy conditions in most of the country, including in many areas that aren’t used to it. For rail, it meant reduced operations and, in some areas, complete temporary shutdowns. It was so bad, in fact, that total U.S. rail carloads in the third week of February were the lowest of any wee...