AV START window narrows despite shutdown staredown
By SAM MINTZ, With help from Brianna Gurciullo, Politico Morning Transportation; December 18, 2018
AHEAD OF SCHEDULE: NJ Transit said Monday it finished installing positive train control hardware, two weeks before a Dec. 31 deadline that the railroad had been in danger of missing. Like other railroads around the country, NJ Transit still faces a long two years of testing to have the technology fully operational before another 2020 deadline. “While we can ease up on the accelerator, we cannot and will not stop,” said Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, the state transportation commissioner. POLITICO Pro New Jersey’s Ryan Hutchins has more.
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