In a bid to promote rail safety, the Canadian government has issued an emergency directive to ensure that trains which carry dangerous goods like crude oil and ethanol slowdown in urban areas. The directive requires the trains not to operate at speeds more than 64 km/hour in highly urbanized places as opposed to the previous speeds of up to 80 km/hour.
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