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The Rail Safety Improvement Act is poised to help prevent train wrecks and implement Positive Train Control (PTC) systems that automatically turn on the brakes when a train is about to derail or collide. But if certain House of Representatives have their way, the deadline for implementing these systems will get pushed from 2015 to 2020. Some say this delay is not about economics. As Moody\u2019s Investors Service reports, railroad companies have $60 billion in yearly revenue and several billion in cash. Overall, the PTC system, which would get installed for freight and passenger trains, only costs $13 billion.<\/p>\n

The act would cover approximately 70,000 miles of railroad track nationwide. The National Transportation Safety Board has promoted this technology for more than 20 years, as it notes that most accidents are a result of human error. Passengers are due a safe ride and communities that surround the tracks deserve to be free (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Rail Safety Improvement Act is poised to help prevent train wrecks and implement Positive Train Control (PTC) systems that automatically turn on the brakes when a train is about to derail or collide. But if certain House of Representatives…<\/span><\/p>\n

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