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Feds Crafting Safety Rules for Subways, Light-Rail Systems

Federal officials have begun drafting safety standards for the nation’s subway and light-rail systems, three years after the deadly Red Line crash exposed vast gaps in oversight of trains that transport millions of people a day.

Federal officials have begun drafting safety standards for the nation’s subway and light-rail systems, three years after the deadly Red Line crash exposed vast gaps in oversight of trains that transport millions of people a day.

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.