Positive Train Control Survey

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  New Mexico. Department of Transportation. Research Bureau
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Freight trains
  • Positive train control
  • Surveys
  • Railroad commuter service
• Resource Type:
  Other
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  New Mexico. Department of Transportation
• Abstract:
  In fall of 2011 William Craven and Frank Sharpless submitted a research request for a survey of commuter rail systems to determine how these systems were responding to the Federal Rail Administration mandate for installation of Positive Train Control (PTC) by December 31, 2015. The research request was approved by the C-RAC and FHWA in June 2012 and included in the Research Bureau’s FY2013 Work Plan. Amy Estelle was the Project Manager for Research. She took a list of systems provided by the Rail Bureau and made email and telephone inquiries to determine who at each system could best answer questions regarding PTC. She developed a survey with input from the Rail Bureau. The Research Bureau purchased a subscription to SurveyMonkey software to conduct the survey online. On October 15, 2012 the survey was sent out to contacts at 15 commuter rail systems. On October 17, 2012 the survey was sent out to an additional recipient. Six out of 16 systems responded for a 37.5% response rate. Attached are the email list, a record of contacts made with commuter rail systems, a summary and individual survey results.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/87313/dot_87313_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.37 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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