It likely won't help. The EPA didn't grant the CARB (California Air Resources Board ) request for a waiver to regulate locomotive emissions. CARB rescinded their request the other day. That said, electrification has a business case that is ignored at the peril of the railroads, not just the public. This report from Univ of Texas in Austin was released by the FRA yesterday: https://railroads.fra.dot.gov/elibrary/cost-and-benefit-risk-framework-modern-railway-electrification-options
Timing is everything in life.
All those Angelenos could help move this forward.
How will Trump's takeover of the EPA affect rail?
It likely won't help. The EPA didn't grant the CARB (California Air Resources Board ) request for a waiver to regulate locomotive emissions. CARB rescinded their request the other day. That said, electrification has a business case that is ignored at the peril of the railroads, not just the public. This report from Univ of Texas in Austin was released by the FRA yesterday: https://railroads.fra.dot.gov/elibrary/cost-and-benefit-risk-framework-modern-railway-electrification-options
Rail electrification is part of my policies.