Fatal Amtrak crash renews urgency for automatic-braking ability
A Dec. 31 deadline that was set by Congress back in 2008 was put in place so that trains and railroads would adopt a system designed to automatically slow down trains if the engineer failed to lower speed limits or adhere to track signals. As of May 2015, however, this automatic-breaking equipment known as "positive train control" has been installed in only about half of the trains in the nation and along a little more than half of the tracks of the United States railways.
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Despite decades of work to eliminate lead poisoning, many New York-based children suffer from this type of poisoning each year. While the problem has certainly improved over the years, it remains a public health concern upon which New York health professionals and lawmakers work diligently to rectify.
