Sustainable Transport Advocates Decry ‘Precision Scheduled Railroading’ After Ohio Derailment
The ongoing debate over who’s to blame for a toxic Ohio train derailment is obscuring a more critical conversation about the freight rail industry's tendency to put profits over safety, sustainable transportation advocates say.
By
Kea Wilson
6:00 PM CST on March 1, 2023
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