Department of Transportation has issued “immediate calls for action” described as “commonsense steps … a push to hold the freight rail industry accountable and improve safety.” USDOT’s push involves “accelerating phase-in of safer tank cars, providing workers paid sick leave, and raising existing caps on the fines for rail safety regulations,” the latter through Congressional intervention. More than two week s after the Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine, Ohio that is currently under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board, the U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has accused the rail industry of putting “profit and expediency” ahead of “the safety of the American people.” USDOT photo.
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