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A 14-year-old took home $10,000 for his award-winning investigation into train derailments. Here's what he found.
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this post was submitted on 03 Nov 2024
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This kid just got 10k for saying rail infrastructure is failing due to a lack of maintenance. Specifically the springs at junctions. The main failing here in the US though is that rail maintenance falls to rail companies that have little financial incentive to spend the money on safety. That may be changing, however if the federal government just hands over money with inadequate oversight it will just enrich the companies.
https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/fact-sheet-rail-safety
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/how-us-rail-system-works
https://www.publicrailnow.org/site/assets/files/1036/putting_america_back_on_track_final_6-30-24_single_pages.pdf
Sounds almost as if critical infrastructure should be owned by the public.
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