(Source: Motherboard Tech by VICE, July 8, 2021)
NEW YORK — The Government Accountability Office will launch an investigation into precision scheduled railroading, a business philosophy embraced by North American freight rail companies that a Motherboard investigation revealed has radically slashed safety measures in the name of profit. The study was requested in May by the chairs of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio and the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Donald M. Payne, Jr. Charles Young, a spokesperson for GAO, confirmed to Motherboard GAO would conduct the study. Work on the investigation will begin in September. There is no timeline yet for when it might be completed.
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