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12
Dec
2024
Technical Reports
Evaluating Processes, Outcomes, and Sustainability for FRA’s Confidential Close Call Reporting System (C3RS)
Subject
Research,
Human Factors
Keywords: Close Calls, Confidential Close Calls Reporting System, C3RS, corrective actions, continuous process improvement, human factors, safety culture, voluntary reporting, evaluation
Abstract: The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) tasked the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe) to conduct an evaluation of the Confidential Close Call Reporting...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-24/45
Office
RDI-24
19
Sep
2024
Technical Reports
A Systems-Theoretic Computational Model of Human Performance in an Advanced Railroad Dispatch Operation
Subject
Research,
Human Factors
Keywords: Cognitive workload, human performance modeling, railroad dispatcher, discrete event simulation, transportation network operations control centers
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-24/41
Office
RDI-24
12
Sep
2024
Technical Reports
Evaluation of Habituation to Alerts in Locomotive Cabs
Subject
Research,
Human Factors
Keywords: Habituation; inattentional deafness; alarm fatigue; locomotive engineer; Positive Train Control; PTC; alerter; human factors
Abstract: From September 2019 to May 2022, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) funded KEA Technologies Inc. to conduct a pilot study using a rail simulator to determine whether...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-24/36
Office
RDI-24
5
Sep
2024
Technical Reports
Expanding Summer Youth Programs in Rail through Virtual Learning and a National Campus Network – Phase I Report
Subject
Research,
Human Factors
Keywords: Railway engineering education, workforce development, online education, hybrid education
Abstract: FRA supported Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech), in collaboration with Pennsylvania State University Altoona (Penn State Altoona) and the University of Illinois...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-24/33
Office
RDI-24
5
Sep
2024
Technical Reports
Operation Lifesaver, Inc. Process Evaluation
Subject
Research,
Human Factors
Keywords: Evaluation, Operation Lifesaver, Inc., process evaluation, program evaluation, grant management, education, highway-railroad grade crossings, trespassing, railroad right-of-way
Abstract: The Federal Railroad Administration contracted Volpe National Transportation Systems Center to conduct a process evaluation of Operation Lifesaver, Inc.’s educational...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-24/34
Office
RDI-24