During former President Barack Obama’s administration, the Department of Transportation enacted a rule requiring high-hazard cargo trains to be equipped with electronically controlled pneumatic brakes ...
The Trump administration repealed an Obama-era rule requiring high-hazard cargo trains to be equipped with electronically controlled pneumatic brakes by 2023, allowing them to brake faster. Even if ...
Radio and brake failures contributed to the collision between two No. 1 trains which left dozens injured earlier this month, and put the MTA’s safety record under the microscope, federal investigators ...