From: stephen@sprunk.org

On 15-Apr-15 11:18, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> Stephen Sprunk  wrote:
>> On 15-Apr-15 08:30, 866013149e wrote:
>>> Amen to that. I've always suspected the FRA's requirements are
>>> driven by an anti-passenger rail agenda.
>>
>> "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained
>> by stupidity."  --Hanlon's Razor
>
> Ok, you can't keep repeating that.

Repetition doesn't make it untrue.

> Anyway, stupidity isn't the explanation. If I had to go with a
> one-word simplistic explanation, I'd say cowardice: Fear of
> Washington in fighting and criticism if a signal death occurs that
> wouldn't have if FRA had stuck with American buff-strength standards
> instead of implementing European standards.
>
> Still, it's wrong to point the finger at FRA (and ICC before that).
> It's never really the administration's fault. It's Congress.

I'd point the stupidity label at Congress; they're the ones that set up
the regulatory framework to consider each mode separately, and they're
the ones taking bribes^W"campaign contributions" from the freight
railroads and airlines in return for killing off passenger rail.

S

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