The regulatory reform allows rail testing vehicles to move without stopping along the track, potentially decreasing passenger and freight train delays associated with routine inspections.
The activation puts 72.5% of the LIRR’s 305 total route miles now operating in PTC.
Includes $7.3 million for new tech/designs for rail transit safety; and $2 million for projects that redesign transit bus operator compartment.
A train traveling at 55 miles per hour can take approximately one mile, or the length of about 18 football fields to stop.
Seven people died while walking or riding between subway cars in 2018, including four people in December alone.
SmartBalise is an eco-designed product, with minimized environmental impact all the way from manufacture to end-of-life.
Letter stems from concern about reports that Pokémon characters, “Pokestops” and other virtual objects are being placed near railroad tracks, stations and rail-yard facilities
Sustained effort to keep the tracks clean includes two-week track cleaning blitz at all 469 subway stations and new cleaning equipment.
During the investigation, it was determined that the man was laying on his back in the middle of the inbound side of a track on the south side, when a northbound train came down the track because the system was running on a single track.
The legislation doubles the fines from $250 to $500 for a first offense and from $500 to $1,000 for a second or subsequent offense.