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Speaking before the annual conference of the National Sleep Foundation in Washington, D.C., Chairman Hersman said fatigue has been a concern for the NTSB since the creation of the agency in 1967 and an issue on its Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements since the list was established in 1990.
Read More →Issues to be reviewed this year include intelligent highway technologies, motor carrier operations, operator fatigue and rail car design.
Read More →The agenda will focus not only on the Metro accident investigation, but also the adequacy of state and federal oversight of rail transit systems, as well as the characteristics of high reliability organizations.
Read More →The NTSB has investigators on the scene and scheduled a briefing for Tuesday afternoon.
Read More →Will consider a final report on the collision of the commuter train and a Union Pacific freight train that took place near Chatsworth, Calif.
Read More →Fatal Texas motorcoach crash in Jan. 2008 was caused by the driver's loss of control of the vehicle after he fell asleep at the wheel. NTSB issued 19 safety recommendations after investigation.
Read More →Operator of train 902 has been a Metro employee since May 2007 and a train operator since November 2008. He is currently on paid administrative leave.
Read More →Results are from an audit conducted on the NTSB's financial statements for Fiscal Year 2009. The opinion comes at a time when the NTSB has realized improvement in several management measurements.
Read More →The purpose of the hearing will be to gather additional factual information for the investigation.
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