The latest on the fatal NJ train crash, next steps
Listen 00:48:46Guests: Patrick McGeehan, Joe Martin and Ryan Hutchins
The fatal train crash in Hoboken, NJ last week shocked many train travelers and raised questions about safety and appropriate mass transportation funding. We’ll start by getting the latest on the crash and the investigation from The New York Times reporter PATRICK McGEEHAN. Then, we’ll discuss train mechanics and a safety system called “positive train control” with Drexel University civil engineering professor JOE MARTIN and we’ll talk about the New Jersey politics that’s lead to the current transportation funding struggle with RYAN HUTCHINS, POLITICO’s New Jersey bureau chief.
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