I-Canadian National Railway ithola isilinganiso sokusebenza esingagculisi

I-Canadian National Railway (CN) ithole izinga eliphansi kunawo wonke ekusetshenzisweni kwezinhlelo zokulawula ukuphepha (SMS) eziklanyelwe ukuqeda izingozi nezinye izingozi zokuphepha, ngokombiko okhishwe yiKomidi Elimisiwe Lezokuthutha, Ingqalasizinda kanye Nemiphakathi Ezokuphepha Ezitimeleni. Canada.

Ngenxa yokwanda kwezingozi zikaloliwe eCanada eminyakeni embalwa edlule, okuthi, ngokusho kweKomidi, kubangele imiphumela “engathi sína” mayelana “nokubulawa kwabantu kanye nokulimala kwemvelo,” lo mbiko ucaphuna i-CN ngezinkinga zokuphepha ezimbalwa ezihlanganisa ukwehluleka. ukuxhumana phakathi kwabaphathi abakhulu nabasebenzi abaphambili ekuchazeni ngokusobala ukuzibophezela kwabaphathi kwezokuphepha, ukuqeqeshwa okulinganiselwe kwabasebenzi abasanda kuqashwa nokudala “isiko lokwesaba” kubasebenzi mayelana nokubika okungajezisi ngokwephulwa kwezokuphepha.

IKomidi ligcizelele ukuthi linokukhathazeka okukhulu mayelana nokubambezeleka kanye nendlela i-SMS esetshenziswe ngayo ujantshi. Esikalini sokuqala kuya kwezinhlanu, okuhlanu okuyizinga eliphezulu kakhulu, i-CN yayisezingeni 1 noma 2. “Lokhu, ngokombono wethu, akuyona inqubekelaphambili eyamukelekayo,” kuphawula umbiko.

I-Advisory Panel for the Railway Safety Act Review, eyashaywa ngoFebhuwari odlule, ibike ukuthi i-CN kanye nezinye izitimela zesitimela kanye ne-Transport Canada ayizange yenze inqubekelaphambili eyanele ekufinyeleleni lo mgomo futhi yaphawula ukuthi ukuphepha akuzange kube "izinto eziza kuqala ngokwanele kojantshi besitimela. .”

"Lokhu kuphakamisa ukukhathazeka okukhulu ngerekhodi lokuphepha le-CN," kusho umongameli waseBarrington Village uKaren Darch. "I-Canadian National ifuna ukuphindaphinda kane ukugcwala kwezitimela emiphakathini yase-US ngesikhathi lapho ibhekwe ngabomvu egcekeni layo."

Lokhu okutholakele kuza njengoba i-CN ibhekene nokuphikiswa okwandisiwe okuvela emaqenjini omphakathi kanye nezikhulu ezikhethiwe, okuhlanganisa uSenator uBarack Obama, uSenator Dick Durbin kanye noCongressman Melissa Bean abaphikisana nokuthengwa kwe-Elgin, Joliet kanye ne-Eastern Railway (EJ&E) yi-CN. I-Barrington Communities Against CN Rail Congestion kanye ne-Regional Answer to CN (TRAC) imele izintshisekelo zomasipala abangaphezu kweshumi nambili, izifunda kanye namanye amaqembu omphakathi. Umfelandawonye umi kwelokuthi ukwanda kwezimoto ezithwala impahla kuzodala ubungozi obengeziwe bokuphepha nemvelo futhi ukhomba okutholwe yilo mbiko njengobufakazi bezicelo zabo.

"I-CN kumele iziphendulele futhi ichaze ukuthi izokwenza kanjani ukuphepha kube yinto ehamba phambili ngaphambi kokuthi kubhekwe lokhu kuthengwa," kusho iMeya uThomas Weisner we-Aurora. "Kungumsebenzi we-STB ukuhlola ngokucophelela lokhu okutholwe ngaphambi kokunquma isiphetho salokhu kutholwa."

“Ukubambelela ngokuqinile kwe-CN endleleni esekelwe emithethweni, egxile kakhulu ezenzweni zokuqondiswa kwezigwegwe lapho kwenziwa amaphutha, kugxilise 'isiko lokwesaba nokuziphatha' futhi kuphambene nezinhlelo zokuphatha ukuphepha ezisebenzayo," kusho iPhaneli Yabalulekayo. "I-CN idinga ukukuvuma lokhu ngokukhululekile futhi ithathe izinyathelo eziqinile zokuthuthuka."

Lo mbiko, okhishwe ngenyanga edlule, uhlinzeka ngezincomo kuzo zombili izinhlaka zikahulumeni ezilawulayo kanye nezinkampani zezitimela mayelana nendlela yokuthuthukisa irekhodi lokuphepha lale mboni.

"I-Canadian National ifuna ukwakha umgwaqo omkhulu wesitimela phakathi kwemiphakathi yethu kodwa ngenxa yalo mbiko wakamuva kufanele inqatshelwe ukwandisa noma yikuphi ukusebenza kwe-US kuze kube yilapho ifakazela ukuthi izimisele ukusebenza ngendlela ephephile nethembekile," ngokusho kweDuPage County Board. ilungu uJim Healy.

I-CN ibiphakathi kwezinkampani zezitimela ezimbalwa kanye namaqembu ababambiqhaza ababalulekile okuhlanganisa nabasebenzi, abezemvelo kanye nomphakathi jikelele obambe iqhaza ocwaningweni. Kodwa-ke, i-CN yathola ukucutshungulwa okukhulu kakhulu ngokwehluleka kwayo ukubhekana nezinkinga zokuphepha kusukela kwadingeka imizila yezitimela eminyakeni eyisikhombisa edlule ukuze isebenzise ama-SMS.

NgoJuni, amalungu omfelandawonye acele abaholi beCongressional ukuthi bashaye umthetho wokwengeza umthetho wamanje wezitimela ukuze ubonise izidingo zemiphakathi ekhulwini lama-21. Okwamanje i-US Surface Transportation Board (STB) ibuyekeza ukuthengwa okuhlongoziwe yi-CN kwe-EJ&E. I-STB inegunya lokugunyaza, ukuphika noma ukugunyaza lokhu kutholwa ngezimo eziphuthumayo.