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December 17, 2020 Railroad, Transit Groups Request Vaccine Priority Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor Freight rail and transit organizations are requesting that Congress and state governors, respectively, consider their members’ employees as the COVID-19 vaccine is distributed. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has proposed that essential workers, including transportation workers, be included in the second priority group (Phase 1b) of the vaccine rollout, after health care workers and others who are considered highest priority (Phase 1a). The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) joined the Association of American Railroads (AAR) and nine other groups in submitting a letter Dec. 9 to senators on the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and Transportation and Safety Subcommittee requesting “timely access” to the

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