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Clear Signal for Action (CSA) is a safety process that seeks to change safety culture through the organizational hierarchy. It is a non-regulatory, proactive risk reduction method for improving safety and safety culture, which integrates safety leadership development (SLD), peer-to-peer feedback...
Overview: This program funds grants for initiating, restoring, or enhancing intercity passenger rail transportation. See the FY 2021-2024 Restoration and Enhancement Grant Program Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for more information.
Legislative Authority: This...
Transportation Technology Center, Inc., as part of a project sponsored by the Federal Railroad Administration, evaluated the safety and operational performance of the Enhanced Automatic Train Control (E-ATC) braking enforcement algorithm and found it exceeds previously established safety...
FRA’s list of actions that typically qualify for a Categorical Exclusion (CE) are available at 23 CFR 771.116, and are also listed at the end of the FRA Categorical Exclusion Companion Guide.
The purpose of this chapter is to promote safety in every area of railroad operations related to Railroad Safety Appliance Standards and reduce railroad-related accidents and incidents, i.e. handholds, sill steps, grates, walkways, railings, ladders, handbrakes, uncoupling levers, etc. ...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today released a quarterly status update on railroads’ self-reported progress, as of June 30, 2020, toward fully implementing positive train control (PTC) systems by December 31, 2020, as required by...