Positive Train Control (PTC) : Overview and Policy Issues.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freight and freightage.

Expenditures, Public.

Hazardous substances.

Poisons.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (20 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2012.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Provides information on positive train control (PTC) system, which is a communications and signaling system that has been identified by NTSB as technology capable of preventing accidents caused by train operator or dispatcher error, and which has been mandated to be implemented on railroads that carry passengers or have high-volume freight traffic with toxic or poisonous-by-inhalation hazardous materials. Discusses rail safety, basic system functions, implementation, and cost and benefits of PTC. Addresses related policy issues and options for Congress.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Apr. 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division. Positive Train Control (PTC)

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