MBTA doesn't have auto braking technology The New Jersey train crash is putting pressure on the MBTA and other railroads across the country to speed up installation of technology designed to prevent a disaster. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT MISSED ONE DEADLINE TO GET IT INSTALLED. ANOTHER DEADLINE IS QUICKLY APPROACHING. >> >> IT REMINDS US THAT NOTHING WE DO IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE. >> A RECENT REPORT SHOWS THE TEA IS FOUR YEARS AWAY FROM HAVING A SAFETY SYSTEM THE GOVERNMENT ORDERED IN PLACE BY LAST YEAR. >> IT IS NOT A SIMPLE ADD-ON DEVISE. IT IS COMPLICATED TECHNOLOGY. >> IT USES ONBOARD COMPUTERS, EVEN SATELLITES TO DETERMINE WHERE EACH TRAIN IS AND HOW FAST IT IS GOING, WHETHER THERE IS DANGER AHEAD. >> THE COMPUTER WILL APPLY THE BRAKES. >> IT IS INSTALLED TECHNOLOGY ON 80 SOME PERCENT OF LOCAL -- LOCOMOTIVES. IT HAS PREPARED 11% OF ITS TRACKS. THEY ESTIMATE IT WILL COST TO FINISH THE JOB AND TAKE UNTIL THE END OF 2020. >> ARE YOU SATISFIED? >> I THINK AN EVENT LIKE THIS FOCUSES EVERYBODY TO SAME CAN WE DO BETTER? >> THE GOVERNMENT HAS SAID A NEW DEADLINE O 2018. IT DOES NOT EXPECT TO MEET THAT DEADLINE BUT THEY WANT TO HAVE

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