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32 APPENDIX C Congressional Hearing Statement by the Administrator of the FTA Hearing on Rail Modernization: Getting Transit Funding Back on Track. Source -- Website 08-04-09 STATEMENT OF PETER M
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33 was estimated at $8.6 million and found that the probable cause was the failure of the operator of the striking train to comply with the controlling signal indication. In this instance, the NTSB also found that a contributing factor was the lack of a positive train control system that would have intervened to stop the train and prevent the collision.
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34 estimated the total value of the existing backlog of over-age assets at these seven agencies. The State of Good Repair Study finds that more than one-third of the seven agencies' assets are in marginal or poor condition, compared with less than 20 percent for transit agencies in the nation as a whole.
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