{"id":37912,"date":"2015-08-11T15:52:55","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T19:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smart-union.dev\/news\/amtrak-septa-on-schedule-for-ptc\/"},"modified":"2015-08-11T15:52:55","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T19:52:55","slug":"amtrak-septa-on-schedule-for-ptc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/amtrak-septa-on-schedule-for-ptc\/","title":{"rendered":"Amtrak, SEPTA on schedule for PTC","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/search.nj.com\/philadelphia\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16130\" style=\"margin: 4px 12px\" alt=\"safety_sign\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/safety_sign.jpg\" width=\"130\" height=\"103\" \/>PHILADELPHIA<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 Of the 41 railroads required to meet a federal mandate for implementing Positive Train Control (PTC), SEPTA and Amtrak are among the 11 expected to complete the project by the end of this year.<\/p>\n<p>According to a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fra.dot.gov\/eLib\/details\/L16962\">report from the Federal Railroad Administration<\/a>\u00a0(FRA) required by Congress, safety advocates started calling for the nation-wide implementation seven years ago.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Positive Train Control is the most significant advancement in rail safety technology in more than a century,&#8221;\u00a0 U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said in the report. &#8220;Simply put: it prevents accidents and saves lives, which is exactly what we seek to do at The Department of Transportation every single day. 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