FTA Standards Development Program: Needs Assessment for Transit Rail Transmission-Based Train Control (TBTC)

Details

• Creators:
  Stoehr, Nate ; Sutton, Kane
• Corporate Creators:
  Association of American Railroads. Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI)
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration and Innovation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Automatic train control
  • Communication and control
  • Rail transit
  • Crash avoidance systems
  • Standards
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FTA Report No. 0225
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1527638
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  August 2018–February 202 0
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration
• Abstract:
  Based on NTSB safety recommendations issued to FTA regarding the implementation of transmission-based train control (TBTC), a rail transit industry needs assessment and research were performed to identify standards, systems and products that have the potential to provide risk reduction benefits from the industry. Through the research, which included National Transit Database (NTD) data analysis, a rail transit agency survey, and literature review, it was determined that TBTC can reduce risks for rail transit agencies and that the technology merits further investigation and research to determine the most appropriate application to mitigate specific hazards within operational environments.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/64108/dot_64108_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.32 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Transit Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:3ff2aad37e6af2675684365f43e4cea7bdc2593a291af28d64d1ee1d79cf64dd