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News Archive

  • October 25, 2019

    Learn how a new solution affects operator performance.

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  • October 25, 2019

    Rail Defect Detection

    This effort is aimed at producing better and faster methods for detecting internal rail and joint bar defects and developing automated methods for better and more consistent interpretation of rail defect measurement...

  • October 25, 2019

    A train wheel on a track.The Track/Train Interaction Program...

  • October 25, 2019

    T-18, the new FRA Gage Restraint Measurement System (GRMS) vehicle procured in May 2004, is a state-of-the-art deployable GRMS vehicle which utilizes a 5th split railroad axle to laterally load the head of both adjacent rails of railroad track in...

  • October 25, 2019

    A theme cutting across virtually all the R&D program elements is the use of sensors, computers, and digital communications to collect, process, and disseminate information to improve the safety, security, and operational effectiveness of railroads...

  • October 25, 2019

    Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) is the application of new communications, computer, and sensor technologies to highways and transit systems and the careful integration of system functions to provide more efficient and effective solutions...

  • October 25, 2019
  • October 24, 2019

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  • October 24, 2019

    One HSI domain that intersects with Human Factors Engineering is Safety.

    Safety factors consist of those system design characteristics that serve to minimize the potential for mishaps causing death or injury to operators,...

  • October 24, 2019

    Training is another HSI domain that intersects with Human Factors Engineering and Safety.

    Training is any activity that results in enabling users, operators, maintainers, leaders and support personnel, to acquire, gain or...