(Source: SMART-TD press release, August 5, 2022)
In an August 5 message, SMART-TD President Jeremy Ferguson counters rail industry propaganda regarding the FRA’s proposed rule that would require two-person train crews. He writes in part: “Common sense safety provisions do not stymie or impede future innovation, they protect it, and any assertion to the contrary is absurd. Now, the railroads want you to believe that the industry that could afford more than $10 billion in stock buybacks last year alone would somehow be hampered by a regulation such as this.”
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