Wall Street Analyst Encouraged Rail Company to Lobby Against Train Safety Rules - The Intercept

As journalist David Sirota reported, in March of this year, the Senate committee that oversees rail issues "approved a bipartisan bill to delay by an additional five years the requirement for the new [PTC] technology. Among the sections of the system that were then still without the safety gear: the tracks stretching between New York City and Washington."
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/05/15/wall-street-analyst-demanded-rail-industry-invest-lobbying-train-speed-safety-regulations/