Joint Committee: Finance; Transportation and Public Way
TL;DR
The Joint Committee on Finance and Transportation met to discuss a resolution calling on the federal government to strengthen safety rules for trains carrying large amounts of flammable liquids through Chicago's neighborhoods. The committee wanted to push the U.S. Department of Transportation to impose stricter restrictions on these hazardous cargo shipments in densely populated urban areas.
Key Decisions
- Resolution to amend federal Department of Transportation rules for hazardous cargo trains Passed
Agenda
- Attendance
- SR2014-522 Call for amendment of U.S. Department of Transportation comprehensive rulemaking proposal to provide more stringent restrictions in High Threat Urban Areas for trains carrying 15 or more tank carloads of flammable liquidsResolution