[inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time i ask in his consent members be permitted to sit and ask questions without objection so ordered good morning welcome to the subcommittee on railroads pipeline and Hazardous Materials before we proceed i would like to extend our deepest sympathies to those impacted by the recent rail accidents across the United States. Todays hearing focus is on positive train control across United States and as we have seen we are in need of an update, ptc has a challenging process for the Railroad Industry despite these it is a top priority and we must investigate and find solutions to implementation obstacles and that is the purpose today to hear the limitations status of ptc across United States i now welcome the Ranking Member for massachusetts to make the opening statement. I asked consent to include the staff. Without objection two a generally keep my opening remar
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Is reason they were trying to get to. Reporter the city has marked bike lanes and bike path but highways are off limits. Limited act is he road like 676 or i95 or 76, do not ride your bike along the side of the road. Its simply not safe. Reporter angela bikes to work every day and says riding in the city is hectic enough. Theyre craze zoo. She says the highway is out of the the question for any reason. Back here live, city officials stress that riders should plan their route ahead of time so they can get where they need to be the safest way possible. Iain. Good advice, shawnette. Thank you on roar yea door more rain on the way. A live look from wilmington delaware. Scott when does this rain move good. We can expect to see rumbles thunder and hear some of that activity overnight tonight and early on your wednesday. Take a look the ultimate doppler right now. Take look at this area of low pressure to the western part of the state. Its swirling and also out ahead of it will once port look
Riders got lost or mistakenly got on the high way. A surprising and rare sight. Watch from a drivers point of view the dangerous thing coming up on the right side of your screen. The person in the car recording spots two people riding on 676 wedged between the wall an line of traffic passing by. I see them. Oh my gosh why would you ever do that . Reporter the video is making its rounds after being posted on youtube. We showed it to bike riders around the city. Joel angel list watched in disbelief. It is major highway an lot of cars on there. I take it there every day. So like ride mike bike he would i would never even think about riding my bike there. Only mode of transport station car on that 676. Reporter denise goran is the director of policy and planning in the mayors officer of transportation and utilities. I think it was clearly a mistake on someones part of not really knowing what their path is reason they were trying to get to. Reporter the city has marked bike lanes and bike p
Thank you, commissioners for all your support. One question to the drill team. Absolutely. All youve accomplished it feels like youve landed a rocket on the moon as we get color the high mediums and low this timeline is going to stick. The suggested timeline we have a lot of confidence just the timeline and feel comfortable there is the milestones weve laid out as a commission the licensing that will follow on november occupancy is very key this is setting the tune for the next few months to bring this and i personally am comfortable with the schedule. Despite its hive and the confidence level. Yes. And the financial situation were within land on the moon two percent of anticipated budget and our confidence were going to be not only on time but on budget so. My confidence is high were tracking well on the bonds project and i think the biggest concern on the f f and e side of things going back in time would we be able to petting hit the fundraiser milestones weve hit the target we neede