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Extended Field Trials of LRAIL for Automated Track Change Detection

LRAIL is a 3-dimensional laser inspection system that combines high-speed laser triangulation sensors and artificial intelligence to automatically inspect the condition of, and detect safety-related changes in, railway infrastructure. For this project, LRAIL technology was installed on a...

Human Error Potential in Human-Automation Interaction: Investigations of Performance in the Locomotive Cab

Presentation given at a Cab Technology Integration Lab (CTIL) stakeholder meeting on January, 14th 2020. Further research on these preliminary recommendations is underway with a larger set of study participants.

FRA Guidance on Drug and Alcohol Testing Requirements During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

On March 23, 2020, the Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy and Compliance (ODAPC) issued DOT Guidance on Compliance with Drug and Alcohol Testing Regulations (“ODAPC Guidance”) to provide clarity on DOT drug and alcohol testing requirements given concerns about...

Consistent Trespasser Intent Determination Criteria Pilot Project

This document describes a pilot project that evaluated the potential for developing standardized criteria that railroads can use to determine the probable intent (i.e., suicide or accident) of individuals involved in trespasser strikes on railroad right-of-way in the United States. These...

2020 BAA Research Initiatives in Support of Rail Safety—General

The purpose of the 2020 General Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) is to solicit a variety of applied technology research projects that will support the strategic objectives of the Office of Research, Development and Technology and the research needs of the four FRA research divisions: Track,...

State of California approved NEPA Assignment Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

NEPA Assignment for California High Speed Rail Authority was approved on July 23,2019California is the only state to have executed NEPA Assignment Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)s for both highway and rail projects. Since 2007, Caltrans has performed as NEPA lead agency for highway projects...

FRA Position on Railroads Communicating Safety & Health Information Pertaining to COVID-19 to Covered Service Employees’ Personal Electronic Devices

FRA Response to AAR-ASLRRA-APTA Alcohol and Drug Testing Waiver Request

FRA Emergency Waiver Letter- Training: Request for Relief in FRA Emergency Docket FRA-2020-0002 related to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

HQ-2018-1306 (Finalized)

On November 19, 2018, at approximately 3:05 p.m., EST, Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Company (WE) remote control yard train 561 (Train 1) collided head-on with Akron Barberton Cluster Railway Company (ABC) freight train Z641 (Train 2). Train 1 was being operated by remote control...

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