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The Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously to split up the 5.9 GHz “safety spectrum” frequency previously set aside for use in transportation for vehicle-to-everything technologies, a plan that has prompted dire warnings from departments of transportation and various transportation and safety groups.
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The FTA is seeking public comment on proposed changes to federal regulations that increase the roles and responsibilities of SSOAs to maintain effective oversight of rail transit systems nationwide.
Read More →The main message behind the guide is that the motorcoach industry is ready to take travelers wherever they want to go in clean buses.
Read More →The National Transportation Safety Board shared a statement from Chair Jennifer Homendy.
Read More →States with rail transit agencies must have an FTA-approved and FTA-certified State Safety Oversight Program in effect by April 15, 2019.
Read More →She joined the First Transit team in March 2014 as regional safety manager and also serves on the board of CSSE as regional VP.
Read More →Includes provision requiring installation of anti-collision technology – positive train control – on railways shared by passenger and freight trains.
Read More →Will be used for program to build infrastructure to boost regional passenger rail service frequency to at least 30 minutes systemwide.
Read More →Using Lidar technology, PASS is designed to help professionally-trained operators avoid or reduce the severity of a collision.
Read More →When state inspectors visited Miami-Dade in late 2016, they concluded the county needed 84 working Metrorail cars a day but that mechanical problems left only 72 that could be deployed for service. State inspectors returned in late June and found Miami-Dade’s daily goal was to have only 60 Metrorail cars in service.
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