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This document summarizes the supporting document for Effective Practices in Performing Rail Transit Accident Investigations (Report 0203) which provides a comprehensive examination of each SMS element to broaden the reader’s understanding of how each component complements the others....
This document supports Effective Practices in Performing Rail Transit Accident Investigations (Report 0203) and provides a comprehensive examination of each SMS element to broaden the reader’s understanding of how each component complements the others.
This document summarizes the report that presents research performed under the Federal Transit Administration/Pierce Transit Automated Collision Avoidance and Mitigation Safety Research and Development project. The project goal was to research and facilitate development of collision...
This report summarizes research performed under the Federal Transit Administration/Pierce Transit Automated Collision Avoidance and Mitigation Safety Research and Development project. The project goal was to research and facilitate development of collision avoidance warning systems/automated...
This document summarizes the results of a study to support the development of standards and safer designs to reduce the number of collisions and fatalities and mitigate the severity of transit-bus-related injuries. The New York City Transit Authority performed this safety, research, and...
This report presents the results of a study to support the development of standards and safer designs to reduce the number of collisions and fatalities and mitigate the severity of transit-bus-related injuries. The New York City Transit Authority performed this safety, research, and...
To improve safety for the Greater Boston Area’s rail transit system, FTA issued a series of special directives to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU), the state agency responsible for safety oversight of the MBTA’s rail...
FTA issues Special Directive 22-8 to require the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) to oversee the implementation of the four Special Directives issued to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) that address immediate safety issues based on interim findings made...
FTA issues Special Directive 22-7 to require the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) to address ongoing safety concerns and interim findings uncovered during FTA’s Safety Management Inspection (SMI) initiated in April 2022. This Special Directive mandates that MBTA undertake three...
FTA issues Special Directive 22-6 to require the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) to address ongoing safety concerns and interim findings from FTA’s Safety Management Inspection (SMI) initiated in April 2022. This Special Directive mandates that MBTA take seven required...