US rail safety regulators finalized new rules for signal workers. Now they want to cancel them.

The US Federal Railroad Administration wants to cancel new certification rules for railroad signal employees. This means these workers will not need to meet new training and qualification standards that were set to take effect.

The agency had just finalized rules to require new training and certification for people who maintain critical railroad signals. This proposed reversal means those new safety standards will not take effect. It avoids new compliance costs for railroads, but also foregoes any potential safety improvements from the new standards.