Railroads Embracing Broadband, Association of American Railroads Official Says
Freight railroads are making increasing use of broadband and are embracing changing technology, said Michael Rush, senior vice president of the Association of American Railroads, in an opinion piece in Re/Code building on the association’s recent “State of the Industry”…
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report (see 1601270047). “Consumers may not associate freight railroads -- responsible for overseeing a vast infrastructure with more than 100,000 privately owned bridges and 1.5 million rail cars in the U.S. -- with high-tech and the startups driving consumer behavior today,” Rush wrote. “But for every disruptive technology like ride sharing or autonomous cars, there is a reliable freight railroad incorporating new technologies that ensure the efficiency and safety of the nation’s essential rail network.”