Missing from this year’s list is the Positive Train Control mandate, which was removed after the successful implementation by rail providers at the end of 2020.
The renewed call comes after the board completed its investigation into the Aug. 12, 2019, train collision and derailment near Carey, Ohio.
Bruce Landsberg, who has served on the National Transportation Safety Board as vice chairman since August 2018, was re-appointed to the position on Aug. 21.
The accident occurred when a Long Island Rail Road train, on track three in multiple track territory, approached a five-member crew of roadway workers in the Queens Interlocking.
The Dec. 17 crash resulted in two fatalities and multiple injuries.
NTSB B-Roll of investigators processing the wreckage of the 1/5/2020 multi-vehicle crash in Mount Pleasant, Pa.
NTSB recommendations developed from investigation into five accidents that killed six people and injured 126 more.
Investigators identified two primary areas that, if addressed, would have the biggest effect on reducing the number of vehicle-bicycle collisions.
The pedestrian’s impairment at the time of the crash, coupled with crossing outside a crosswalk, contributed to the crash.
The law stipulates carriers must have interior lighting fixtures that illuminate automatically in the event of a collision, rollover or impact by another vehicle or object.
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