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Book Synopsis Rail Transportation: Federal Railroad Administration's New Approach to Railroad Safety by : Joseph A. Christoff
Download or read book Rail Transportation: Federal Railroad Administration's New Approach to Railroad Safety written by Joseph A. Christoff and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1980, the Staggers Rail Act fostered substantial changes in the railroad industry. By 1995, fewer large freight railroads accounted for most of the industry's revenue and train miles. At the same time, these freight railroads substantially reduced their workforce and track networks. Congress and railroad labor have raised concerns that these changes in the industry could compromise safety. This report provides information on operational and safety trends in the railroad industry and describes how the Federal Railroad Admin. has responded to these trends by developing a new partnering approach for improving safety on the nation's rail lines.
Book Synopsis Freight Railroad Safety by : U.s. Government Accountability Office
Download or read book Freight Railroad Safety written by U.s. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-14 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Rail Safety Improvement Act of2008 (RSIA) overhauled requirementsfor how much time certain freightrailroad workers can spend on the job(called "hours of service"). Changesincluded limiting the number ofconsecutive days on duty before rest isrequired, increasing minimum rest timefrom 8 to 10 hours, and requiring resttime to be undisturbed. RSIA alsoprovided for pilot projects and waivers.RSIA's changes became effective forfreight railroads in July 2009. GAO wasasked to assess (1) the impact of thesechanges on covered train and engine(T&E) employees, includingimplications for fatigue, (2) the impactof the changes on the rail industry, and(3) actions the Federal RailroadAdministration (FRA) has taken tooversee compliance with hours ofservice requirements and implementRSIA provisions for pilot projects andwaivers. To perform this work, GAOanalyzed covered employee workschedules and used models to assessfatigue, surveyed the railroad industry,analyzed FRA inspection andenforcement data, and interviewedfederal and railroad officials as well asfatigue and sleep experts. "
Author :U. s. Government Accountability Office Publisher :Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 13 :9781478124474 Total Pages :78 pages Book Rating :4.1/5 (244 download)
Book Synopsis Freight Railroad Safety by : U. s. Government Accountability Office
Download or read book Freight Railroad Safety written by U. s. Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012-06-24 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GAO-11-853. The Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (RSIA) overhauled requirements for how much time certain freight railroad workers can spend on the job (called "hours of service"). Changes included limiting the number of consecutive days on duty before rest is required, increasing minimum rest time from 8 to 10 hours, and requiring rest time to be undisturbed. RSIA also provided for pilot projects and waivers. RSIA's changes became effective for freight railroads in July 2009. GAO was asked to assess (1) the impact of these changes on covered train and engine (T&E) employees, including implications for fatigue, (2) the impact of the changes on the rail industry, and (3) actions the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has taken to oversee compliance with hours of service requirements and implement RSIA provisions for pilot projects and waivers. To perform this work, GAO analyzed covered employee work schedules and used models to assess fatigue, surveyed the railroad industry, analyzed FRA inspection and enforcement data, and interviewed federal and railroad officials as well as fatigue and sleep experts. According to GAO's analysis of covered employee work schedules, RSIA's requirements led to changed work schedules, increased rest time, and reduced risk of fatigue for covered T&E employees. RSIA's consecutive work day limits and rest requirements contributed to work schedule changes and increases in rest time. Increased rest time also led to equivalent decreases in the hours that covered employees worked. Overall, GAO found, using an FRA-validated fatigue model, that the time covered employees spent working at a high risk of fatigue-- a level associated with reduced alertness and an increased risk of errors and accidents--decreased by about 29 percent for employees of class I railroads (those with the largest revenues) and by about 36 percent for employees of selected class II railroads (those with smaller revenues). GAO's analysis also shows that there are further opportunities to reduce fatigue risk. Specifically, RSIA's changes did not result in material decreases in night work, yet scientific literature and GAO's analysis show night work represents a major factor in fatigue risk. As might be expected from changes aimed at improving safety by reducing covered employee fatigue, the railroad industry reported that RSIA's hours of service changes had operational and administrative effects on it, some of which increased some railroads' one-time or ongoing costs. GAO did not determine how RSIA's changes affected railroads' earnings; but the act took effect as the economy was starting to recover from the recession that began in late 2008. Through its industry survey and interviews, GAO found that RSIA's changes affected railroad operations, including changes to crew and train schedules and increases in staffing levels. Railroad officials GAO spoke with attributed these changes to RSIA's consecutive work day limits and rest requirements, both of which acted to reduce people's availability to work. To maintain operations while complying with the law, railroad officials told GAO they, among other things, hired new employees or brought employees back from furlough. GAO estimated that adding people--120 to 500 each by some class I railroads--increased these railroads' annual costs by $11 million to $50 million. Administrative effects reported by railroads included a need for railroads to revise their hours of service timekeeping systems.
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :108 pages Book Rating :4.F/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Railroad Safety Programs by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials
Download or read book Railroad Safety Programs written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :126 pages Book Rating :4.F/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Rail safety by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation
Download or read book Rail safety written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :368 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Railroad Safety Programs by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials
Download or read book Railroad Safety Programs written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Transport of Hazardous Materials by Rail by : United States. National Transportation Safety Board
Download or read book Transport of Hazardous Materials by Rail written by United States. National Transportation Safety Board and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :360 pages Book Rating :4.F/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Railroad Safety by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials
Download or read book Railroad Safety written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :122 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (319 download)
Book Synopsis Rail Safety Reauthorization by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security
Download or read book Rail Safety Reauthorization written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :172 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (318 download)
Book Synopsis Federal Regulatory Overreach in the Railroad Industry by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials
Download or read book Federal Regulatory Overreach in the Railroad Industry written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Railroads Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :376 pages Book Rating :4.F/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Human Factors Issues in Rail Safety by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Railroads
Download or read book Human Factors Issues in Rail Safety written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Railroads and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :200 pages Book Rating :4.F/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Rail Safety Legislation by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials
Download or read book Rail Safety Legislation written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Transportation and Commerce Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :280 pages Book Rating :4.F/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Federal Railroad Safety Authorization Act of 1976 by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Transportation and Commerce
Download or read book Federal Railroad Safety Authorization Act of 1976 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Transportation and Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Hazardous Materials Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :514 pages Book Rating :4.F/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Railroad Safety by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Hazardous Materials
Download or read book Railroad Safety written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Hazardous Materials and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Railroad Freight Car Safety Standards by : United States. Department of Transportation
Download or read book Railroad Freight Car Safety Standards written by United States. Department of Transportation and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Subcommittee On Surface Transportation And Merchan Publisher :Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 13 :9781512166385 Total Pages :144 pages Book Rating :4.1/5 (663 download)
Book Synopsis Enhancing Our Rail Safety by : Subcommittee On Surface Transportation And Merchan
Download or read book Enhancing Our Rail Safety written by Subcommittee On Surface Transportation And Merchan and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-05-13 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The transportation of products and people is absolutely essential to our economy. It's the lifeblood of job creation and economic growth. We are at a critical period in the Nation's long and storied railroad history. There are severe consequences to failures in safety and reliability. We've seen them in Metro-North, the busiest railroad in the country, and the series of incidents have caused not only delays in convenience, economic harm, but also injuries and fatalities. The American public also may not realize the severe environmental consequences and economic costs that could result from repetitions of these failures in safety and reliability. It is the responsibility of railroads to make investments and improve policies and practices; change their cultures; and install new leadership, because the record has to be improved. Federal agencies also have a responsibility to oversee and scrutinize those practices and policies of railroads, and the leadership and management that is coming from our railroads.
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation, and Materials Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :194 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Rail Safety Technology by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation, and Materials
Download or read book Rail Safety Technology written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation, and Materials and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: