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FRA Rolls Out New Railroad Crossing and Trespassing Website to Increase Rail Safety Part of agency’s effort to increase education of railroad crossing safety, reduce fatalities WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today launched a redesigned website to serve as a one-stop shop to help drivers, pedestrians, and law…
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced a final rule that significantly strengthens state safety oversight and enforcement authority to prevent and mitigate accidents and incidents on rail transit systems. “With the more rigorous and effective state safety oversight required by this final rule and federal law, transit systems across the nation…
Join us for a webinar on Mar 22, 2016 at 2:00 PM EDT. This series of webinars is intended to familiarize APTA members with the new Safety Management Systems Manual and its related guidelines to bridge between the System Safety Programs that currently exist to the new FTA model of Safety Management Systems. In this…
This document provides background information and an overview of the process, supporting manuals, and training materials used to help agencies assess highway structures in emergency situations. The three volumes of this report are to be used in conjunction with NCHRP Web-Only Document 223. View Report
This document is a field manual for responders who will evaluate highway structures in emergency situations. The volume presents specific assessment procedures for structure types and example photos of damage that can be used to rate the damage level of each element of a structure. The three volumes of this report are to be used…
This document is intended for managers who will oversee emergency response situations. The volume addresses prioritization, coordination, communication, and redundancy within the assessment process. The volume also identifies technologies that could be used to assess highway structures in emergency situations. The three volumes of this report are to be used in conjunction with NCHRP Web-Only…
This document provides guidance for developing mobile devices-based smart applications for preliminary damage assessment responders to use in emergency scenes for assessing, coding, and marking transportation structures. The primary intent of this manual is to facilitate communication between structural engineers, responders, inspectors, and the IT professionals who will develop and manage the application and associated…
This research is funded by the Florida Department of Transportation and is being conducted by the National Center for Transit Research at the Center for Urban Transportation Research. This report summarizes the data findings from profiling 17 Florida transit agencies in regards to rear-ended and side collisions. Site visits were conducted to get a better understanding…
Journal of Public Transportation Article in Volume 19, Issue 1 (2016) by Abigail S. Golden, Roberta E. Weisbrod. Ferries and other passenger vessels provide a crucial mode of transportation for many in the developing world, especially in archipelagic nations like Indonesia and in river delta nations like Bangladesh. However, this dependence on passenger vessels coincides…
March 15, 2016 (11:00am – 12:00pm) This one-hour webinar session will identify the most common areas of concern discovered during the annual review of Florida transit agency drug and alcohol testing programs, performed as part of the MIS data entry verification and acceptance process. Presenter will provide solutions, best practices and technical assistance to ensure…