"Commuter railroads are being forced to choose between performing critical system safety maintenance projects and implementing (positive train control) by 2015," APTA official Kathryn Waters told a U.S. Senate panel in June. She noted that transit agencies are struggling to find money to keep their
Date: Dec 05, 2013
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Metro-North Crash Intensifies Calls for Improved Safety, Funding
At a Senate hearing in June, NBC News reports, Kathryn Waters, vice president of the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), told lawmakers that the cost of the PTC system had ballooned beyond the initial estimate of $2 billion, essentially forcing railroads to choose between performing