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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Tue Nov 17 14:50:24 2009, in response to Re: Obama administration proposing federal oversight of subways and light rail, posted by The Flxible Neofan on Mon Nov 16 16:39:03 2009. First a short list, St Louis Bi State LRVs run into Illinois. Portland Tri Met was planning to cross the Columbia to Vancouver WA but they couldn't make a deal. I expect that extension within a decade. And if the DC Streetcar in Anacostia ever gets built I expect it to cross into MD as well.As to what Tri Met and WMATA have in common, both are 'isolated' non FRA (not connected to the national mainline RR network) systems. One way or another, they all need some external safety supervision. We have a history of Federal agencies setting national standards for safety appliances in train usage. So what is so alarming about adding light rail or subway systems such that basic safety regs/procedures become more standardised? We have Fed standards for signage on Interstates, Fed standards for lane widths, Fed standards for auto brake lights, and many other things which you use each day. And it is the FDA rather than merely a state dept of Agriculture which strives to bring you untainted food. Why is a national standard so scary? BTW one of BART's many mistakes was failure to adhere to the US standard track guage. (yes I know several lines in PA are deliberately outliers for historic reasons. Now it just makes them more expensive to maintain) As to mandate fears, are we talking about increased safety inspections?, more safety appliances?, why is this a fear? |
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