Rail transportation : Federal Railroad Administration's safety programs

Details

• Creators:
  Scheinberg, Phyllis F.
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Railroad safety
  • Railroad transportation
  • Inspection
  • Hazardous materials
  • Railroad tracks
  • Railroad signals
  • Railroad grade crossings
  • Staggers Rail Act of 1980
  • rail safety
  • rail transportation
• Publication/ Report Number:
  GAO/T-RCED-98-178
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. General Accounting Office
• Abstract:
  Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) enforces federal railroad safety statutes under a delegation of authority from the Secretary of Transportation. FRA?s mission is to protect railroad employees and the public by ensuring the safe operation of freight and passenger trains. FRA has three major safety-related activities: (1) administering safety statutes, regulations, and programs, including the development and promulgation of standards and procedures, technical training, administration of post-accident and random testing of railroad employees, and management of rail-highway grade-crossing projects; ; (2) conducting research on railroad safety and national transportation ; policy; and (3) enforcing federal safety statutes, regulations, and standards by inspecting railroad track, equipment, signals, and railroad operating practices. FRA also enforces the provisions of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act as it applies to rail.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/33811/dot_33811_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 68.44 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1d3d787dd2a81e3432e58cc0ed64ec276a69b4fc442ca6d205ce38dff5b3cf1d