Washington Focus
Optics Key to Transportation Improvements
The U.S. Transportation Department’s first significant action of 2005 was requiring trains to display reflective materials to make locomotives and rail cars more visible. It’s a timely example of the important part that optical science is playing in efforts to improve America’s transportation system.
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