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On October 16th, President Bush signed into law the rail safety and Amtrak bill. The legislation provides roughly $13 billion for Amtrak and passenger-rail funding over five years, nearly double current spending levels. The bill also requires that passenger trains have positive train control systems to prevent collisions by 2015. The bill was authored by […]