{"id":37659,"date":"2015-03-05T10:12:03","date_gmt":"2015-03-05T15:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smart-union.dev\/news\/senators-seek-to-extend-ptc-deadline-to-2020s-end\/"},"modified":"2015-03-05T10:12:03","modified_gmt":"2015-03-05T15:12:03","slug":"senators-seek-to-extend-ptc-deadline-to-2020s-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/senators-seek-to-extend-ptc-deadline-to-2020s-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators seek to extend PTC deadline to 2020's end","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
U.S. Sens. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) and John Thune (R-S.D.) yesterday introduced a bill (S. 650) that proposes to extend the federally mandated deadline for positive train control (PTC) implementation by five years from 2015’s end to Dec. 31, 2020.<\/p>\n
The bill was referred to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.<\/p>\n