Reviewing Federal Railroad Research, Development, and Demonstration Programs: Letter Report #5 (2007) / Chapter Skim
Currently Skimming:
Pages 1-14
The Chapter Skim interface presents what we've algorithmically identified as the most significant single chunk of text within every page in the chapter.
Select key terms on the right to highlight them within pages of the chapter.
From page 1... ...
May 1, 2007 The Honorable Joseph H Boardman Administrator Federal Railroad Administration 1120 Vermont Avenue, N.W.
|
From page 2... ...
2 programs' customers and stakeholders, and identifying strategic directions beyond the agency's focus on safety R&D in recent years. In April 2006, the committee held a Workshop on Research to Enhance Rail Network Performance, designed to meet both of these goals.
|
From page 3... ...
3 research priorities. Continued outreach to the program's customers and stakeholders will be part of the decision-making process.
|
From page 4... ...
4 of promoting safety. The two are working closely on research related to the Human Factors Safety Action Plan to develop a safety risk reduction program.
|
From page 5... ...
5 recommended full funding for completion and maintenance of the NDGPS network to support the development and implementation of positive train control (PTC)
|
From page 6... ...
6 Confidential Close Call Reporting System Demonstration Project. This project is an important element of the safety risk reduction plan as a source of precursor data.
|
From page 7... ...
7 RECOMMENDED RESEARCH DIRECTIONS In planning the 2006 workshop, FRA charged the committee with synthesizing and prioritizing major research directions to be considered for the next five-year strategic plan based on the results of the workshop discussions. The following discussion is organized according to the committee's recommendations in the workshop report, starting with the highest priority.
|
From page 8... ...
8 Other PTC-related research recommended by the committee includes two major issues discussed at length by FRA staff at the March meeting: communications and interoperability. At the meeting, FRA reported failures of the communications systems for the Illinois and other projects while noting the critical importance of developing advanced high-capacity digital communications systems to support PTC.
|
From page 9... ...
9 Performance-Based Standards, Use of Benefit/Cost and Risk-Based Analysis, and Improved Accident/Incident Data. Performance-based safety standards can benefit the implementation of new technology in some areas.
|
From page 10... ...
10 committee reiterates the following recommendation from the workshop report: Recommendation 4. The committee recommends that FRA, through the Office of R&D, provide tools for use by industry and government agencies to (1)
|
From page 11... ...
11 reflect improvements in both locomotives and trucks; the committee encourages this important study. The committee recognizes the limited resources available for FRA's policy work, but encourages the continuation of studies performed in conjunction with R&D and studies designed to help guide future R&D directions.
|
From page 12... ...
12 • Project presentations prepared in the quadrant format CONCLUSION On behalf of the committee, I again want to thank the FRA staff who continue to work so cooperatively with the committee. We look forward to a continued cooperative association with Mark Yachmetz, Jo Strang, the incoming R&D director and managers, and FRA R&D staff in performing additional reviews of FRA's R&D activities.
|
From page 13... ...
Enclosure 1 Committee Roster with March 22–23, 2007, Meeting Attendance Noted Chair Dr. Robert E
|
From page 14... ...
Enclosure 2 Invited Speakers and Guests at March 22–23, 2007, Meeting Federal Railroad Administration Mark Yachmetz, Associate Administrator for Railroad Development Jo Strang, Associate Administrator for Safety Jane Bachner, Deputy Associate Administrator for Policy (March 22) Claire Orth, Chief, Equipment and Operating Procedures Research Division, Office of R&D Gary Carr, Chief, Track Research Division, Office of R&D John Punwani, Program Manager/Train Occupant Protection (Locomotives)
|
Key Terms
This material may be derived from roughly machine-read images, and so is provided only to facilitate research.
More
information on Chapter Skim is available.