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25
Apr
2022
Research Results
Implementing SLSI-Provided Opportunities Supports Safety Culture Growth
Subject
Safety Culture
Keywords: Safety culture, safety culture model, safety culture assessment, safety culture measurement, evaluation, short line railroads, regional railroads
Report Number
RR 22-07
Office
RDI-24
13
Sep
2021
Research Results
Short Line Safety Institute: Measuring Safety Culture Growth Across Four Railroads
Subject
Safety Culture
Keywords: Safety culture, safety culture model, safety culture assessment, safety culture measurement, evaluation, short line railroads, regional railroads
Report Number
RR 21-16
Office
RDI-24
15
Jun
2020
Research Results
Short Line Safety Institute: Safety Culture Growth Across Two Railroads
Subject
Safety Culture
Keywords: Safety culture, safety culture model, safety culture assessment, safety culture measurement, evaluation, short line railroads, regional railroads, human factors
Report Number
RR 20-08
Office
RDI-24
18
Feb
2020
Press Releases
FRA Launches Risk Reduction Safety Program
Subject
Accident Reduction
Abstract: The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has issued a final rule, launching the Risk Reduction Program (RRP) to support an increasing...
20
Sep
2019
Research Results
Short Line Safety Institute: Early Outcomes after a Safety Culture Assessment
Subject
Safety Culture
Keywords: safety culture, Short Line Safety Institute, assessment
Abstract: The research reported here, conducted by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Volpe Center (Volpe), provides insight into (a) what changes assessed railroads have...
Report Number
RR 19/18
Office
RDI-24
1
Jul
2019
IMOUs
Belt Railway of Chicago Non-Operations IMOU
Subject
Railroad Safety Program Management,
Safety Culture
Keywords: c3rs
Abstract: Implementing Memorandum of Understanding for the Belt Railway of Chicago Non Operations crafts
5
Jun
2019
Research Results
Short Line Safety Institute: The Most Robust Model for Assessing Safety Culture in the U.S. Railroad Industry
Subject
Safety Culture
Keywords: Safety culture, safety culture model, safety culture assessment, safety culture measurement, evaluation, short line railroads, regional railroads, literature review
Abstract: Since 2015, the Short Line Safety Institute (SLSI) has been conducting voluntary, non-punitive, confidential assessments of the safety culture at participating short line and...
Report Number
RR 19/15
Office
RDI-24
17
May
2019
Technical Reports
Effects of In-Pavement Lights on Driver Compliance with Grade Crossing Safety Equipment
Subject
Accident Reduction,
Grade Crossing Technology,
Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Warning Systems,
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
Keywords: Highway-rail, grade crossing, pedestrian behavior, trespass, enhancement, safety, in-pavement lights, violations
Abstract: This study examined whether in-pavement lights installed at a single grade crossing would increase the number of drivers who obey grade crossing safety signals.
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-19/10
Office
RDI-23
13
Nov
2018
Research Results
Rail Temperature Control System for Improved Railway Safety
Subject
Railroad System Issues
Keywords: passive control, thermal adsorption, steel railroad stress reduction, maximum temperature reduction, buckling
Abstract: Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) has developed a tunable passive solution for limiting the maximum temperature of railroad track. The Rail Temperature Control System (RTCS)...
Report Number
RR 18-15
Office
RDI-21
1
Nov
2018
Research Results
Short Line Safety Institute: 2016 Systematic Review
Subject
Safety Culture,
Short Line Railroads
Keywords: Safety culture, safety culture measurement, evaluation, short line railroads, regional railroads, systematic review, training, education
Abstract: Since 2015, the Short Line Safety Institute (SLSI) has been conducting voluntary, non-punitive Safety Culture Assessments of short line and regional railroads (i.e., Class II...
Report Number
RR 18-14
Office
RDI-24