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Re: Obama administration proposing federal oversight of subways and light rail |
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Mon Nov 16 13:40:53 2009, in response to Re: Obama administration proposing federal oversight of subways and light rail, posted by BMTLines on Sun Nov 15 12:37:07 2009. DC is and always has been a special case. For instance, DC Transit buses to Maryland were subject to ICC regulation because they crossed a state line. Thus all of the buses to MD were a few inches narrower than the 'standard' transit buses for DC use only. So the huge insanity of two states and the District having a Transit Authority with heavy political pressure from the states not always in consort w/ DC needs AND our friends in Congress butting in every so often makes it all a bit more difficult. Remember a right wing(nut) Congressman got a bill through ordering WMATA to change all the signs in the stations from National to Reagan, but no funding. Bottom line, IMHO this regulation would be best handled by FRA because we are talking rail here, and although the rules could be different, an FRA inspector assigned to the DC area could do CSX Monday and WMATA on Tuesday. |
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