UMbuso WaseWashington kufanele wenze ukubuyekezwa okuphuthumayo kwenkontileka phakathi koMnyango Wezokuthutha wezwe kanye ne-Amtrak kulandela ukudilika kwangoMsombuluko kwe-Amtrak Cascades 501 eduze kwaseDupont, WA, ngokusho kweCascadia Center of Discovery Institute namuhla.
"U-Amtrak ungumdayisi wesitimela esinenkontileka neWashington ne-Oregon, nakuba abantu abaningi becabanga ukuthi izitimela ngezika-Amtrak," kusho uBruce Agnew, umqondisi weCascadia Centre yeSikhungo. “Sekuyisikhathi sokuthi sibuyekeze leyo nkontileka. Into yokuqala okumele sikhathazeke ngayo kube ukuphepha.”
"Izingozi ezimbili ezenzeka eWashington State ezinyangeni eziyisithupha," kusho u-Agnew, "zigcizelela isixwayiso senyanga edlule sikasihlalo weNational Transportation Safety Board uRobert Sumwalt, owathi 'isiko lokuphepha le-Amtrak liyehluleka futhi kulindeleke ukuthi liphinde lihluleke futhi..." ingozi yango-2016 ePennsylvania eyabulala abasebenzi ababili bakwaloliwe. Ingozi eyenzeke eWashington State kuleli sonto ibulale abagibeli abathathu.
I-Cascadia Centre of Discovery Institute kade yacela ukuthi kucatshangelwe ezinye izinkampani zokuphatha, njengalezo eziphethe ujantshi wesitimela ohamba phakathi kwamadolobhana e-Connecticut kanye nezinhlelo ezihlukahlukene zabagibeli eCalifornia, eFlorida naseTexas.
USihlalo weBhodi leDiscovery Institute uBruce Chapman, owayeyilungu le-Amtrak Reform Council ngo-2001, uthe, “Inhlekelele yaleli sonto kufanele ibekwe ezinyaweni ze-Amtrak, hhayi izwe. Kodwa umbuso kumele ulusukumele udaba lwabaphathi.”
"Ukubuyekezwa kwezimo eziphuthumayo kumele kuhlole izindaba zokuphepha, ukusebenza, ukusebenza kanye nezindleko ze-Amtrak kuCascade Corridor," kusho u-Agnew. "Ngaphezu kwalokho, kufanele kumenywe abanye o-opharetha."
