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Using Process Evaluation to Identify and Track Short Line Safety Institute Opportunities for Improvement

Document Series:
Research Results
Author:
  • Federal Railroad Administration
Report Number
RR 26-06
Office
RDI-20
Subject:
Short Line Railroads
Keywords:
Process evaluation, evaluation, safety culture, safety culture assessment, railroad, opportunities for improvement
Report Number
RR 26-06
Office
RDI-20

The Short Line Safety Institute (SLSI) conducts Safety Culture Assessments (SCAs) primarily for short line and regional railroads to measure safety culture. Sponsored by the Federal Railroad Administration, a Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe) evaluation team observed components of an SCA and reviewed aspects of SLSI’s website and documents used by SCA Assessors. The Volpe team evaluated ongoing programmatic activities and resources and provided SLSI with potential Opportunities for Improvement. This document summarizes Volpe’s categorization and tracking of SLSI’s responses to the opportunities as well as associated completion status.


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Last updated: Friday, September 11, 2026