Action
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM).
Summary
FRA proposes specific maintenance, inspection, and testing requirements for active highway-rail grade crossing warning systems. FRA also proposes to require that railroads take specific and timely actions to protect the traveling public and railroad employees from the hazards posed by malfunctioning highway-rail grade crossing warning systems. This action is taken in response to a statutory requirement that FRA issue rules, regulations, orders, and standards to ensure the safe maintenance, inspection, and testing of signal systems and systems at railroad highway grade crossings.