STB appoints Moyer head of passenger-rail office

The Surface Transportation Board has appointed senior staff member Neil Moyer to serve as director of the board’s Office of Passenger Rail (OPR).

Established Oct. 1, 2022, the office is responsible for investigating and analyzing issues regarding Amtrak on-time performance (OTP).

Since mid-2021, Moyer has coordinated OTP's responsibilities, assisted the board in establishing the office and setting its course, and overseen implementation of the office's investigative mandate, STB officials said in a press release.

Moyer joined the board’s staff in 2014 after a career at the Federal Railroad Administration, where he was chief of the Intercity Passenger Rail Analysis Division and chief of the Financial and Economic Analysis Division.

Moyer's appointment "is a critical step in ensuring the board’s preparedness to meet its important oversight and adjudicatory responsibilities with regard to passenger rail OTP," said STB Chairman Martin Oberman.