07.06.15
Durbin Calls for Commuter Rail Safety Funding
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (D-IL-05) and Dan Lipinski (D-IL-03), Metra Chairman Martin Oberman, and Environmental Law and Policy Center Executive Director Howard Learner called for additional federal funding for Positive Train Control (PTC) – a life-saving communications and signaling system capable of preventing incidents caused by human error.