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Update on the Methodology for Amtrak Cost Accounting Amtrak Performance Tracking (APT)
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Update on the Methodology for Amtrak Cost Accounting: Amtrak Performance Tracking (APT), Volume 2, Appendices A-B Update on the Methodology for Amtrak Cost Accounting: Amtrak Performance Tracking (APT), Vol. 2, Appendices A, B, and D Update on the Methodology for Amtrak...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...
Metrics and Minimum Standards for Intercity Passenger Rail Service
On November 16, 2020, the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) published the final rule in the Federal Register for measuring the performance and service quality of intercity passenger train operations. The performance and service quality metrics relate...
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 Administrator’s Declaration of Emergency Situation: Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
Pursuant to Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) § 211.45, Federal Railroad Administration Administrator Ronald L. Batory has determined that the imminent threat and exposure to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) poses a risk of serious illness that constitutes an...