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As others said, that would be third world level of deseperate bandaid for the problem. Anyone with political will and power to do it could also do it with more proper fixes, like making the organizations who should be doing this to start doing their bloody jobs under threats of full replacement...

That's how it should work to begin with, which is also why the government of all things doesn't want to - it's an ideological mandate for the government technocrats to promote rail over other methods of transport, for reasons not unrelated to their dedication to the "climate cause". Tightening...

See: Europe. Even more than a lifetime's history of being nationalised is no guarantee of railways not being fucked. And considering current US government, they would proceed to do at least half the things that we are supposed to fix here. At least it would make things simpler, that's a start...

That would not address any of the problems involved. What it would take is a dramatic cut of regulatory red tape in infrastructure matters, including green pet peeves, and giving some teeth to regulations regarding stuff like messing around with hazmat or passenger safety, or being unreliable in...

Rail is far more important for freight than passenger transport in sheer scale (and that's with massive shilling by the greens), which is usually done by separate lines anyway because no one wants to spend hours in a train lagging behind some super slow bulk cargo train. Again, you are...

Oh do we? As i said... https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/03/failure-to-invest-has-left-britains-railways-in-a-mess https://www.euractiv.com/section/railways/news/poor-infrastructure-stops-france-from-exploiting-alternatives-to-fuel-guzzling-cars-trucks/...

And how is that an excuse to insurance companies? Few big payouts like that with hazmat accidents and they would have a damn good reason. If existing rail lines run like shit, no wonder new ones get easily stuck on red tape and have issues with funding. Especially when they can and probably do...

So, shit breaks because someone doesn't maintain the train parts or railroad sections. Why are insurers and regulators ok with this, especially for hazmat transports? It doesn't take a genius to figure out that ignoring such problems will lead to accidents and they will have to pay out. If that...

The media has decided that it's a topic to talk about due to few high profile ones. Meanwhile, the full statistic, averaging since the 90's, is several derailments per day. https://thehill.com/homenews/3539221-how-often-do-trains-derail-more-than-you-think/