Oct 18, 2023 · Buttigieg received a Notch 8 conductor training program briefing, meeting a current conductor and graduate who commenced her profession as a train attendant. This 14-week intense course equips Brightline’s teammates with the skills necessary to become conductors.

Apr 2, 2024 · Many described how the conductor and the engineer work together to help each other avoid dangerous situations and prevent accidents. One worker said asking a person to run a train alone for 12+ hours is like a kind of solitary confinement that will inevitably lead to fatigue.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Oct. 17, 2023) – Today, Brightline, the only provider of modern, eco-friendly intercity passenger rail in America hosted U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

Oct 23, 2024 · Veteran Amtrak conductor John Morgan, right, sits next to Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg during a groundbreaking ceremony for a new Amtrak station in Mobile, Alabama on Tuesday,...

Apr 2, 2024 · “Common sense tells us that large freight trains, some of which can be over three miles long, should have at least two crew members on board - and now there’s a federal regulation in place to ensure trains are safely staffed,” …

Las Vegas, NV – Today, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg joined elected leaders, union laborers, White House senior advisor Steve Benjamin, and Brightline founder Wes Edens at the groundbreaking of the Brightline West High-Speed Rail Project.

Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg (/ ˈ b uː t ɪ dʒ ə dʒ / ⓘ BOO-tij-əj; [a] born January 19, 1982) is an American politician and former naval officer who served as the 19th United States secretary of transportation from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 32nd mayor of South Bend, Indiana, from 2012 to 2020, which earned him …

Pete Buttigieg, the new transport secretary, is one of those romantics. But he has nonetheless expressed a desire to drag this country’s rail system into the 21st century.

Feb 3, 2024 · NPR's Scott Detrow sits down with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to discuss the East Palestine train derailment one year later — and what's changed in rail safety.

Mar 5, 2023 · Pete Buttigieg admits he got it wrong on the Ohio train derailment response. But while the criticism is fair, he says, the critics are mostly not.