Reported by Zach Williams for Bloomberg Government Morning Transportation
Slimmed-Down Rail Panel: The Federal Railroad Administration is bringing back an advisory committee on safety, but with 25 members rather than the 50 it had before, Williams reports.
“It’s difficult to see how this skinny version of the safety committee will allow FRA to maintain a balanced perspective between the powerful rail industry and those who advocate for the safety of workers and communities,” Greg Regan and Shari Semelsberger, president and secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department, said in a joint statement.
That the panel will have “25 representatives from 21 organizations, representing various rail industry perspectives,” according to a Federal Register notice published Monday, without offering further details.
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