Infrastructure-issues

Natalie Bell, 23, an art student turned welder has worked in construction since 2019. (Photo by Graham Stokes for the Ohio Capital Journal)

Help wanted: Women needed for U.S. chips manufacturing plan to succeed

BY: - March 27, 2023

Over the next decade, the Biden administration wants to add 1 million more women in construction jobs.

Priorities for rail safety bill debated in U.S. Senate hearing with Norfolk Southern CEO

BY: - March 22, 2023

A few Democrats on the panel also criticized railroads for an overemphasis on profits and stock buybacks, saying money should instead be spent on workers who could improve safety.

Aerial view of the train derailment wreckage in East Palestine. (Screenshot from NTSB B-roll recorded Feb. 5, 2023)

Pa.’s Deluzio teams with N.Y. lawmaker on railroad safety bill

BY: - March 22, 2023

The proposal is companion legislation to a bill now before the U.S. Senate.

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What hazardous materials travel on trains around New Jersey? It’s a secret

BY: - March 22, 2023

The Association of American Railroads lists 18 pages of hazardous materials transported by rail around the country.

Aerial view of the train derailment wreckage in East Palestine. (Screenshot from NTSB B-roll recorded Feb. 5, 2023)

East Palestine was ‘H.G. Wells War of the Worlds stuff’

BY: - March 18, 2023

The Feb. 3 train crash along the Pa/Ohio border has people worried about their health and the future of their communities.

U.S. Senate Leader Schumer calls for safety audit into all major railroads after Ohio derailment

BY: - March 16, 2023

The call comes more than a month after a Norfolk Southern train went off the tracks miles from the Pa. border.

COMMENTARY

Why the humble city bus is the key to improving U.S. public transit | Opinion

BY: - March 6, 2023

Many U.S. cities are coming around to the idea that buses are the future of public transit and are working to make that vision real.

Aerial view of the train derailment wreckage in East Palestine. (Screenshot from NTSB B-roll recorded Feb. 5, 2023)

What Norfolk Southern’s accident reports say about the company and industry

BY: - February 27, 2023

Norfolk Southern has seen 163.6 derailments and 2.9 hazardous material releases per year on average, according to federal data.

A Norfolk Southern policy lets officials order crews to ignore safety alerts

BY: - February 23, 2023

Norfolk Southern disregarded a similar mechanical problem on another train that months earlier jumped the tracks in Ohio.

Pa. Senate bill would create database of inspection info for Pa. bridges | Tuesday Morning Coffee

BY: - January 31, 2023

PennDOT would maintain the database under a plan by a W.Pa lawmaker.

Pittsburgh’s Fern Hollow Bridge to reopen at the end of December, less than a year after collapse

BY: - December 21, 2022

'This is not just a city of Pittsburgh celebration or victory,' Mayor Ed Gainey said. 'This is a state victory because we got it up quicker than ever before.'