• woelkchen@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    The main failing here in the US though is that rail maintenance falls to rail companies that have little financial incentives to spend the money on safety. That may be changing, however if the federal government just hands over money with inadequate oversight it will just enrich the companies.

    Sounds almost as if critical infrastructure should be owned by the public.