Sacramento light rail forced to slow trains after two pedestrian death under the wheels of a light-rail train ? Hey Emperor Jerry Brown Tell All About how High Speed Trian To No Were? will stop death under the wheels of High Speed Trian ?

 


Lofton’s death under the wheels of a light-rail train in Sacramento two years ago prompted state rail safety inspectors to swoop in, radar guns in hand. Their conclusion, issued a few weeks after the incident: Regional Transit trains were entering the stations way too fast.

The California Public Utilities Commission found that trains were rolling in at up to 35 miles per hour, when state regulations limited entry speeds for most of Sacramento’s stations to 20 miles per hour. Sacramento Regional Transit, it turns out, had no speed limit for approaching trains, but left it up to drivers.

It would seem to be a slam dunk change order. The PUC oversees rail safety in California, and RT is one of the agencies that must follow its rules. But RT balked, contending the PUC was misinterpreting the regulations.

The trains kept running at the same speeds.
Ten months later, an RT train entering a Rancho Cordova station hit and killed Yong Sin Day as she walked across the train platform. Alarmed, a PUC safety chief emailed his bosses, urging them to act.
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