Déjà vu: Positive train control could have prevented Hoboken accident as officials run out of track on excuses
- Written by Jeffrey C. Peters, Systems thinker in energy, electricity, and transportation, Stanford University
On the morning of Sept. 29, a packed New Jersey Transit commuter train crashed into the Hoboken Terminal where other commuters were waiting at the platform at the busy transit hub. Initial reports indicate that at least one person has been killed and over 100 injured.
Sadly, but also tellingly, the majority of the following paragraphs comes...