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Safety of High Speed Ground Transportation Systems-Human Factors Phase II: Design and Evaluation of Decision Aids for Control of High-Speed Trains: Experiments and Model
Although the speed of some guided ground transportation systems continues to increase, the reaction time and the sensory and information processing capacities of railroad personnel remain constant. This second report in a series examining critical human factors issues in future high-speed rail...Non-Accident Release of Hazmat from Railroad Tank Cars: Training Issues
This report presents the results of a study to determine the extent to which written materials used on training railroad hazmat loaders are consistent with reading skills of the trainees. Data from four case study sites was used to conduct the analysis. Each site trains employees to load hazardous...Prepared Remarks Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph C. Szabo Remarks as Prepared for Delivery Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen 51st Regular Convention Las Vegas, Nevada July 18, 2014Signal Systems Reporting Requirements Final Rule 07022014
Signal Systems Reporting Requirements Final RuleFederal Railroad Administration Issues Record of Decision for California High-Speed Train Fresno to Bakersfield Section
WASHINGTON – The U. S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today issued a Record of Decision (ROD) for the 114-mile Fresno to Bakersfield Section of the California High-Speed Train System. The ROD is the last step in the National Environmental Policy...
News Digest: FRA Provides $1.8 Million TIGER 2013 Grant for Oklahoma Track Rehabilitation Project.
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has awarded a $1.8 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant to rehabilitate 12 miles of track on the state-owned rail line located between Erick and Sayre, Okla., that will...
News Digest: FRA Provides $2.97 Million to Port of San Francisco for Track Improvements
U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has awarded a Rail Line Relocation and Improvement Capital Program grant to improve a nearly mile long track within the Port of San Francisco. Once completed in July 2015, the Quint Street Lead between Oakdale...