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fromFortune
3 days ago

Congress is about to chase rail freight onto American roads. It risks thousands of deaths | Fortune

The Railway Safety Act would divert freight from safer rail to riskier trucks despite rail safety improving 44% since 2000, making inclusion in surface transportation reauthorization counterproductive.
fromStreetsblog
3 months ago

Advocates Push for Safety in Next Surface Transportation Reauthorization - Streetsblog USA

In its annual "Roadmap to Safety" report, the Advocates for Highway & Road Safety once again surveyed the patchwork of statewide regulations that governs America's roads, and found a whopping 45 states had failed to adopt sufficiently aggressive road safety laws, including restrictions on text messaging behind the wheel, permitting red light cameras, and bans on open containers of alcohol in cars.
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fromStreetsblog
3 months ago

House T&I Chair Vows 'No Money for Bikes or Walking' in Fed Transportation Bill - Streetsblog USA

Rep. Sam Graves intends to exclude federal funding for biking and walking infrastructure from the next surface transportation reauthorization unless other lawmakers intervene.
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