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In 2018 & 2019 Trump acted to make Railroads and Highways less safe [1]
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Date: 2023-02-13
AP/May 24, 2019
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Trump administration said Thursday it was withdrawing a proposal for freight trains to have at least two crew members, nullifying a safety measure drafted under President Barack Obama in response to explosions of crude oil trains in the United States and Canada.
A review of accident data did not support that having one crew member is less safe than multi-person crews, Department of Transportation officials said. The withdrawal also would pre-empt states from regulating crew sizes.
The 2016 proposal followed oil train derailments including a runaway oil train in 2013 that derailed, exploded and killed 47 people while leveling much of the town of Lac Megantic, Canada. Derailments of trains carrying oil and ethanol have occurred in North Dakota, Oregon, Montana, Illinois, Virginia and other states.
Under Obama, regulators concluded that having two or more crew members would be worth the extra cost even if it prevented a single accident.
The rail industry, which long maintained that crew requirements were unnecessary, cheered Thursday's move.
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