Communication and coordination demands of railroad roadway worker activities and implications for new technology

Details

• Creators:
  Roth, Emilie ; Multer, Jordan
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Railroad safety
  • Technology assessment
  • Maintenance personnel
  • Cognitive task analysis
  • Communications
  • Decisionmaking
  • Human factors
  • Positive train control (PTC)
  • Probabilistic risk assessment (PRA
  • Railroad operations
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FRA/ORD-07/28 ; DOT-VNTSC-FRA-07-09
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final Report; March 2003-February 2005
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research and Development
• Abstract:
  This report documents the results of a cognitive task analysis (CTA) that examined the cognitive and collaborative demands and ; activities of railroad roadway workers. The purpose of the CTA of roadway workers was to understand the factors that complicate ; performance in today’s environments, as well as the knowledge and skills that roadway workers have developed to cope with the ; cognitive and collaborative demands placed on them. ; The results revealed numerous activities that railroad workers engage in that improve overall efficiency of railroad operations and ; enhance roadway worker safety on and around the track. These include cooperative activities within and across crafts, including ; dispatchers, train crews, and roadway workers. Some of these activities are codified in formal operating rules. Others have ; developed informally. The results point to the potential benefits of introducing portable digital communication systems with ; global positioning system capabilities and suggest specific design recommendations. The results also suggest potential benefits of ; implementing positive train control systems for enhancing roadway worker safety.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  BB101/RR04
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/9020/dot_9020_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 626.18 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center ; Federal Railroad Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
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