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Anne Junod
@AnneNJunod
Energy, Environment, Risk, Climate, and Communities at @UrbanInstitute; occasionally 🏀 | @USDA_NIFA + @OSUenvironment PhD alum | Tweets mine etc.
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Feb 15, 2023 • 32 tweets • 5 min read
What contributed to the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, OH & what can be done to stop further accidents? I did my dissertation on catastrophic train derailments at @OhioState w/fieldwork across the country, including two Ohio rail communities. Some thoughts: TLDR; 1) Precision Scheduled Railroading and 2) recent rollbacks to high hazard train braking improvements are key contributors to these kinds of accidents; 3) rail industry & disaster insurance market failures and 4) low public issue salience are barriers to addressing them.