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9
Apr
2015
Technical Reports
Passenger Train Emergency Systems: Single-Level Commuter Rail Car Egress Experiments
Subject
Emergency Preparedness,
Passenger Rail
Keywords: passenger trains; commuter rail; emergency evacuation; emergency egress; emergency exits; egress computer models; egress experiments; egress simulation; emergency evacuation simulation
Abstract: Under FRA sponsorship, a series of three experimental egress trials was conducted in 2005 and 2006 to obtain human factors data relating to the amount of time necessary for...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-15/04
Office
RDI-22
20
Mar
2015
Technical Reports
Railroad Signal Color and Orientation: Effects of Color Blindness and Criteria for Color Vision Field Tests
Subject
Human Factors
Keywords: Railroad Signals; Signal Color; Signal Orientation; Medical Standards for Color Vision for Locomotive Engineers and Conductors; Color Vision; Color Vision Field Tests; Pseeudoisochromatic Plate Tests; Human Error; Signal Detection Theory
Abstract: This report concerns two issues: 1) whether color vision is necessary for locomotive crews who work on railroads where the signal system is either completely redundant with regard...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-15/03
Office
RDI-24
11
Jan
2015
Presentations
2015 TRB R&D Quad Charts
Subject
Human Factors,
Rolling Stock,
Signal and Train Control,
Track
Keywords: quad charts; Research and Development; TRB
Presenter
FRA Office of Research and Development
Location
Washington, DC
United States
25
Nov
2014
Other Reports
Prevalence and Treatment of Sleep Apnea in Safety-Critical Railroad Employees
Subject
Human Factors
Keywords: Prevalence and Treatment of Sleep Apnea in Safety-Critical Railroad Employees; Journal of Sleep Disorders & Therapy; Sleep Apnea
Abstract: On December 1, 2013 four passengers on a Metro North passenger train in New York City died and 70 were injured as the result of an over speed derailment [1]. Subsequently, it was...
Office
RDI-24
19
Nov
2014
Technical Reports
Passenger Train Emergency Systems: Development of Prototype railEXODUS Software for U.S. Passenger Rail Car Egress
Subject
Emergency Preparedness,
Passenger Rail
Keywords: passenger trains, railroads, commuter rail, transportation, emergency evacuation, emergency egress, emergency exits, egress computer models, egress experiments, egress simulation, emergency evacuation simulation
Abstract: The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT), is sponsoring a research program, which includes investigation of the applicability of...
Report Number
(DOT/FRA/ORD-14/35)
Office
RDI-22