Sentences with phrase «railroad safety legislation»
Congress enacted the first national railroad safety legislation that year because the companies had insisted it was too expensive to put automatic braking systems and couplers on freight trains.
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Maloney said he passed legislation, the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Finance Program, in 2015 that opened up $ 35 billion in federal financing to install the safety technologies.
Since the deadly February 2015 Metro - North crash that killed six people in Valhalla, Sen. David Carlucci has been fighting for tougher legislation to improve safety at railroad grade crossings in the Hudson Valley.