Category: Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg

‘Doing Everything in Our Power to Improve Rail Safety’: Buttigieg Calls on Congress to Boost Safety Measures

February 21, 2023
Business & MarketsCompaniesOhioohio train derailmentrailway safetyRegional & State NewsState NewsTransportation Secretary Pete ButtigiegU.S. Department of TransportationUSUS News
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg called on the rail industry and Congress to boost safety in the sector as the department proposed new regulations following the aftermath of the disastrous train derailment in Ohio earlier this month. “Profit and expediency must never outweigh the safety of the American people,” Buttigieg said, according to a Feb. 21st press…

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Pete Buttigieg’s Tweet on Train Regulations ‘Misinterpreted’: Department of Transportation

February 17, 2023
Crime and IncidentsEast Palestine Train DerailmentTransportation Secretary Pete ButtigiegUSUS News
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg shared tweets that, by his department’s assessment, were misinterpreted and led to some confusion about the cause of the Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Buttigieg addressed the train derailment in a lengthy Twitter thread on Feb. 14. In the thread, Buttigieg said his department has made “historic investments…

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