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System-Wide Implementation of Rail Right-of-Way Incursion Treatments
From 2016 through 2018, the Volpe Center partnered with SunRail to develop, install, and evaluate promising vehicle ROW incursion prevention engineering treatments. Following this demonstration project, in early 2018 the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Long Island Rail Road (LIRR)...
Rail Safety Training for Law Enforcement
The Rail Safety Training Course for Law Enforcement project builds upon QinetiQ North America’s (QNA) previous experience in developing first responder training. Specifically, in 2015, QNA developed a video sponsored by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Office of Research, Development...
2019 BAA Research Initiatives In Support of Rail Safety—Research with Universities
The purpose of the September 2019 Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) is to provide research opportunities to U.S. universities and other institutions of higher education to conduct a variety of applied technology research projects that will support the strategic objectives of FRA’s Office of Research...Heat Release Rate Requirements for Railcar Interior Finish: Appendices A Through E
This appendix is associated with Technical Report Heat Release Rate Requirements for Railcar Interior Finish and is summarized as such: Appendix A provides over 700 items in total, and over 650 of these include heat rate release (HRR) data from cone calorimeter tests; Appendix B contains cone...