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Re: Obama administration proposing federal oversight of subways and light rail |
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Posted by ctrabs74 on Sun Nov 15 23:16:21 2009, in response to Re: Obama administration proposing federal oversight of subways and light rail, posted by R42 4787 on Sun Nov 15 22:19:16 2009. Because unlike other transit lines, PATH was originally chartered as a railroad by the federal government (the Hudson and Manhattan) and not a subway/rapid transit line.Although, realistically, how many states regulate safety standards on transit lines? AFAIK, the only regulation that I'm aware of is PennDOT performing annual inspection of all railcars (and, for PennDOT purposes, even though they are registered like a standard diesel bus complete with "Mass Transit" license plates, the trackless trolley fleet at SEPTA are issued the same inspection stickers as the El, Broad Street Subway, trolleys, and P&W rail cars). And weren't there standards already in place by the FTA? |
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