"Brett Alexander Wallace" is an American professional baseball first baseman in the San Diego Padres organization. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros.

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They are private companies in the business of making money by moving freight. So what it will come down to, as a freight rail operator, they have to be convinced that allowing passenger rail is a good business decision.

What the city of Charlotte has done is sell their system as a quality of life issue.

Going through the Federal Transit Administration process can take up to 10 to 15 years. So what we are doing today, what we are trying to accomplish at this stage, is to gauge what needs to be done now.

This would be the first state-owned (remote operation) effort.

The visual safety improvements are extraordinary.