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Reference Materials

Strategic Plan for the Cab Technology Integration Laboratory

This strategic plan establishes a path to realizing the Cab Technology Integration Laboratory (CTIL) program’s vision of advancing railroad safety by using human-in-the loop simulation and modeling research to improve locomotive crew performance. Well-positioned in Cambridge, MA, at the Volpe...

Draft Guidance for Implementing the Optional Property-Based Approach to Exempting Consideration of Effects to Rail Properties within Rail Rights-of-Way under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act

The purpose of this Guidance is to provide instruction and examples for evaluating rail properties for potential designation as excluded historic rail properties; describe the process by which a Project Sponsor may propose excluded historic rail properties to a USDOT OA, including early...