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Illinois bill would require transit agencies to report on NTSB recommendations, responses

 

By Trains Staff | April 14, 2024

 

Legislation, passed by state Senate, is in response to 2023 CTA collision

 

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Senate has passed legislation requiring state transportation agencies to issue annual reports detailing any recommendations by the National Transportation Safety Board and providing status reports on implementation of those recommendations.

 

The bill, which passed by a 59-0 vote on Friday, was introduced by state Sen. Mike Simmons (D-Chicago) in response to the Nov. 16, 2023, Chicago Transit Authority Yellow Line crash that saw 16 people taken to hospital with injuries [see “CTA train was in emergency braking …,” Trains News Wire, Dec. 12, 2023] and led to a 50-day closure of the Yellow Line, the 4.7-mile, three-station CTA branch also known as the Skokie Swift.

 

 

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