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52nd Meeting of the Railroad Safety Advisory Committee
I’m glad I have this opportunity to talk with you before I head home to Chicago and begin a new chapter as a Senior Fellow at the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning. When I think back on my time with RSAC – both as a labor representative and as the FRA Administrator for nearly the past 6...Development, Fabrication and Testing of Locomotive Crashworthy Components: Base Effort
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) are continuing to evaluate new technologies for increasing the safety of passengers and operators in rail equipment. In recognition of the importance of override prevention in train...Prototype Design and Test of a Collision Protection System for Cab Car Engineers
Advancements in the design of rail cars can potentially prevent the structural collapse of space occupied by a cab car engineer during a train collision. With adequate survival space maintained, the next crashworthiness objective is to minimize the consequences of any resulting secondary impact...Countermeasures to Mitigate Intentional Deaths on Railroad Rights-of-Way: Lessons Learned and Next Steps
Trespassing is the leading cause of rail-related fatalities in the United States. A large proportion of these trespasser fatalities are from intentional acts (i.e., suicides). With a lack of systematic research and evaluation of the countermeasures that are currently in place as well as those...