Safer US rail system still a long way off as deadline extended
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WHEN the US Congress in October gave railroads extra time to install a badly needed speed-control system, officials at the Federal Railroad Administration vowed to move aggressively to make sure the safety technology would be in place by the end of 2018, the new deadline.
This month, Congress struck again. Tucked into a 1,000-page transportation law signed on Dec 4 is new language that could effectively extend the deadline until the end of 2020.
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