Dykema PPT.pdf
Dykema PPT.pdf
Dykema PPT.pdf
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Rail (Federal Railroad Administration)Positive Train Control (PTC) systems – train-toinfrastructurecollision/derailment avoidanceLengthy private/public history:• Various efforts and federal recommendations(NTSB, FRA) in 1980’s• 1994 – FRA report to Congress for PTC actionplan; $40 MM funding for PTC development,testing, pilot deployment• 1999 – PTC Working Group defines core PTCfunctions• 2004 – FRA report to Congress – costs tooexcessive to warrant “immediate regulatorymandate for widespread PTC implementation”19