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8
May
2015
Technical Reports
Confidential Close Call Reporting System (C3RS) Lessons Learned Team Baseline Phase Report
Subject
Freight Operations,
Human Factors
Keywords: Confidential Close Call Reporting System (C3RS) Lessons Learned Team Baseline Phase Report; C3RS; Close calls; continuous improvement; employee involvement; freight rail; human factors
Abstract: The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has established a program called the Confidential Close Call Reporting System (C3RS), which allows events to be reported anonymously and...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-15/08
Office
RDI-24
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
2
Feb
2015
Technical Reports
Using Signal Detection Theory to Understand Grade Crossing Warning Time and Motorist Stopping Behavior
Subject
Grade Crossing Modeling and Simulation,
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
Keywords: Highway-rail grade crossing; grade crossing safety; motorist behavior; motorist compliance; active crossings; signal detection theory; Using Signal Detection Theory to Understand Grade Crossing Warning Time and Motorist Stopping Behavior
Abstract: Researchers used signal detection theory to model how factors such as varied warning time durations may impact drivers' stopping behavior at grade crossings.
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-15/02
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