CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Laura Gillen (D-NY)

Safe Tracks Act

H.R. 8410 · House bill Transportation and Public Works

A Democratic bill with 4 Republican cosponsors · See all 8 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill, known as the "Safe Tracks Act," directs the Secretary of Transportation to take specific action regarding train dispatching technology. It requires the Secretary to amend section 236.911 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations. The goal is to apply the requirements of subpart H of part 236 to both existing and future centralized computer-aided train-dispatching systems. It also applies these requirements to centralized traffic control boards. The amendment must be made within 30 days of the Act's enactment.

Yes

  • Scored +3

    Does this improve buses, trains and other public transport?

    The bill enhances safety oversight for centralized computer-aided train-dispatching systems and traffic control boards.

  • Scored +1

    Would people in cities be better off under this?

    Increased safety oversight of rail dispatching systems provides a marginal benefit to residents in urban areas serviced by rail networks.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.