Why is Gardner going backwards?

TTC News Archives: Rail freight to be rerouted from downtown DFW:
"A goal of rail relocation is to improve traffic by reducing the number of points at which trains and automobiles intersect, officials said.

State officials say they also want to reduce the chances of a hazardous materials disaster caused by a derailment in a populated area.

'The state is starting to take an active role in moving these rail lines, which have been in place for over 100 years, out of our city centers,' Perry spokesman Robert Black said Friday. 'This is the first step in making that happen.'

Another goal is to reduce auto-train fatalities. In the past 20 years, more than 5,500 people have been killed or injured in vehicle-train collisions in Texas ."

If you get online, you can find many articles about train accidents, derailments and trains slowing city traffice. Why is Gardner Kansas thinking about signing a deal to allow more train traffic, more truck traffic, the more possibilities of derailments and more trains to slow down traffic?

How do you feel about this?