Presentations

Grade Crossing Project Planning Tools

The Federal Railroad Administration hosted a webinar on grade crossing project planning tools on August 9, 2018.

How to Apply for FY18 Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Grants

The Federal Railroad Administration hosted a webinar on how to apply for FY18 Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) grants on August 8, 2018.

Environmental Review

The Federal Railroad Administration hosted a webinar on its Environmental Review process on July 26, 2018.

PTC Symposium #2 July 16, 2018: Positive Train Control Testing

PTC Symposium June 15, 2018: Revenue Service Demonstration and Substitute Criteria

PTC Symposium June 15, 2018: Alternative Schedule

PTC Symposium June 15, 2018: Full Implementation of PTC Systems

The Cab Technology Integration Lab: A Locomotive Simulator for Human Factors Research

The paper describes a new human factors research capability for the US Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)—The Cab Technology Integration Laboratory (CTIL). The FRA sponsored the development of the CTIL in order to assess locomotive crew performance with the integration of new market controls,...

Cognitive Distraction & Attentional Error: Bringing Science to the Rail Industry

Accidents in commuter rail operations point to the need for better understanding of the contributory role of operator distraction in rail safety. This presentation discusses need for further study and was part of early work leading to two simulator studies done in this area (documented in FRA/...

Human Factors Evaluation of an Experimental Locomotive Crew Station

A human factors evaluation of an experimental engineer control system was conducted by the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) using a locomotive research simulator—the FRA’s Cab Technology Integration Laboratory (CTIL). The primary objective of the evaluation was to...

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