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24
Sep
1999
Presentations
Overview of the Federal Railroad Administration's Human Factors Safety Research Program
Subject
Human Factors
Abstract: The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) supports a program of research on human factors safety that focuses on three major programmatic areas of research -- train operations...
Presenter
Thomas G. Raslear
Audience
UIC World Occupational Health and Safety Conference
Location
Paris
France
1
Aug
1999
Technical Reports
Improving Railroad Safety and Rail Passenger Technology through Targeted Research and Demonstrations 1992-1997
Keywords: Safety, Research and development, Equipment and components, System operations, Environment, Intelligent track/train systems, Track systems, Locomotives, Rolling Stock, Highway rail grade crossing
Abstract: " The Office of Railroad Development of the Federal Railroad Administration conducts research, development, test, and evaluation projects to directly support the Federal Railroad...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-99/02
Office
RRD
23
Jul
1999
Technical Reports
Report for the Workshop on ITS Standards for the Highway-Rail Intersection July 22-23,1999 Arlington Virginia
Subject
Intelligent Railroad Systems
Keywords: ITS Standards, Highway-rail intersection, Railroad crossings
Abstract: The objective of the ITS HRI Standards Workshop was to characterize and move the development process forward toward the establishment of industry concensus standards for the use...
Report Number
FRA/RRS-00/01
Office
RRS-23
1
Jul
1999
Other Reports
Railroad Safety Statistics Annual Report 1998
Subject
Accident Reduction,
Safety Performance Measures
Abstract: An evaluation of railroad safety statistics for the year 1998. The evaluation includes: overview of accidents/incidents, summary of 1998 accidents/incidents, casualty reporting...
Office
RRS
1
Jan
1999
Technical Reports
Railroad Horn Systems Research
Subject
Grade Crossing Technology,
Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Warning Systems,
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings,
Human Factors,
Signal and Train Control
Keywords: audible warning devices; community noise; highway-rail grade crossings; horns signal
Abstract: Researchers addressed the effectiveness of railroad horn systems in reducing grade crossing accidents and discussed their impact on community noise.
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-99/10
Office
RRD