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Vision & Mission

A CTIL icon.CTIL's Program Vision

Advance railroad safety by using human-in-the loop simulation and modeling research to improve locomotive crew performance.

CTIL's Program Mission

  • Bring together government, industry, and academia to conduct human performance research using human-in-the-loop simulation.
  • Perform research in a simulated rail cab environment that examines the safety risks of new technologies, and the boundaries of operator capability and performance.
  • Address human performance problems that are connected to the current and future needs of railroad operators in the interest of public safety.