Technical and Safety Evaluation of the Southern California Regional Rail Authority Positive Train Control Deployment Project: Challenges and Lessons Learned
The U.S. Federal Transit Administration has released a report that investigates the many challenges— including technological, human, organizational, and systematic—that the Southern California Regional Rail Authority (SCRRA) faced while implementing the Positive Train Control (PTC) system. PTC was mandated by the National Transportation Safety Board after a collision between a SCRRA train and Union Pacific train. This report includes lessons for the railroad industry based on SCRRA’s challenges with implementing PTC.
This Summary Last Modified On: 9/15/2017