03/20/2018
https://www.congress.gov...
"Boston had 800,000 people who lived there in 1950. It drifted all the way down to about 600,000."
"Right now we are seeing that upwards of three-quarters of pedestrians who are killed are killed in urban areas."
"Safety in our rails is also paramount. Passenger trains often also share the same tracks as freight trains."
"Unfortunately, the increase in oil shipments by rail has come with an increase in horrible accidents; 2014 was a record year for spilling oil on railways with 141 reported unintentional releases."