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Feasibility of a Train Horn with Optimized Directivity: Environmental and Occupational Noise Benefit of an Ideal Train Horn
This report examines the feasibility of and recommends an acoustical specification for such an optimized horn. The detectability of the horn signal for motorists inside vehicles, the areas of environmental noise impact and occupational noise exposure have been compared for the optimized horn and...
Automated Track Centerline Following for Drone Flight Automation
VisioStack Inc. completed initial research to automate drone inspection flights over railroad track using real-time rail detection and track centerline following to simulate flight control without Global Positioning System (GPS) information. Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS, or drones) are platforms...
Michael Lestingi, Executive Director
Michael Lestingi is the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Executive Director. As the Senior Career Official, Michael a key advisor to FRA’s Administrator; leads the career staff in the Office of the Administrator; and provides executive leadership and strategic planning agencywide.
Previously, Michael held the positions of Director, Office of Policy and Planning; Chief of the Passenger Rail Policy Division; and Railroad Security Staff Director in FRA’s Office of Railroad Safety. During his time in the Office of Railroad Safety, Mr. Lestingi also served as the Acting Director of the Office of Safety Assurance and Compliance, and as the Acting Regional Administrator for FRA’s Southwest Region, headquartered in Ft. Worth, Texas.
Michael holds degrees from Lafayette College in Mechanical Engineering, International Studies, and Russian and Eastern European Studies. He also studied transportation, economics and government at the Russian State University for the Humanities in Moscow as a Fulbright Fellow.