Washington Cities Map Crude-By-Rail Routes. Other States? [1]
November 5, 2014
Here's an idea: let people know where 100-car trainloads of crude oil might be threatening their safety. After the July 2013 Lac-Mégantic disaster that killed 47, people might want to know about this. And the Federal Railroad Administration officially agrees — saying railroads can't hide this information.
Now the Association of Washington Cities has an online map for that. Crude-by-rail transport corridors are mapped out on its open data portal. See it here. [2]
- Previous Story: WatchDog of August 13, 2014. [3]
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