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Inefficient rail system hurt us and created a tragedy. but its about a lack of investment and lack of planning of general infrastructure in general. >> do you agree with the ntsb that if we had positive train control of that section of track this probably wouldnt have happened? >> absolutely. positive train control has been on the ntsbs most wanted list for about 45 years. positive train control would have stopped this accident. but theres so many other simple things, like just having two crew m...

Our die investments from infrastructure. >> it was just a few hours after that that robert thumbwald of the ntsb said this in philadelphia. >> we are very keen on positive train control. based on what we know right now, we feel that had such a system been installed in this section of track, this accident would not have occurred. >> joining us now, chief of vox.com and robert potroff, an attorney who specializes in railroad safety. ezra, in the house of representatives today, it was considered of...

The relationship of the fra and the class one railroads is too close. you cant expect the fox and the guard dog to give a fair explanation as to what happened to all the chickens in the chicken coop. theres been volumes written about this relationship and the failure of these investigations to get to the root causes. and the root cause here is if you take away the automated safety devices and you take away the backup human being, youre asking for these accidents. and they will continue to happen...

This properly that thats what caused the accident. when you have no idea no idea what caused this accident. the fact of the matter is that there have been more and more accidents, increased levels of danger bridges failing, train accidents, longer delays at airports as a direct result of our die investments from infrastructure. >> it was just a few hours after that that robert thumbwald of the ntsb said this in philadelphia. >> we are very keen on positive train control. based on what we know ri...