When asked about the rail disasters Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "I think there has been negligence on a wide scale. Since 2008, there's been a pattern of Federal Agencies choosing to ignore problems when they come from powerful interests & it is a big part of the problem. 1)
Railroad maintenance for a big example is supposed to be managed by the Federal Dept of Transportation. When it was managed by the states, there were few accidents. Then the Feds cut out the States, claiming it was Interstate commerce, and 2)
since 2009 mostly, the number of problems escalated - mostly because Rail companies became big donors to politicians. Trump cut the bureaucracy by 30%, and cut regulations in the area of paperwork required. Regulations were never changed on areas of care and maintenance. 3)
Buttigieg is a liar. Actually, Trump's Dept of Transportation increased regulations on track maintenance & ordered railroad braking systems be updated. But, during Trump's last year, Congress ordered a delay on those new regulations after Railroad owners protested." #Palestine 4)