RAILROAD SAFETY AND PUBLIC POLICY

This paper discusses the safety challenges faced by railroads in the U.S. It discusses and evaluates public policy dealing with trespassing, grade crossing collisions, occupational injuries and operational accidents. The primary conclusion is that the government oversight body, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), should take on the role of teacher and risk analyst, rather than that of police officer. By doing so, the FRA can more effectively target safety problems and do so at reduced cost.

• Record URL:
  • https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001070572/Home
• Record URL:
  • https://railroads.dot.gov/elibrary/railroad-safety-and-public-policy
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• Availability:
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• Authors:
  • Savage, I
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 56-63
• Serial:
  • Journal of the Transportation Research Forum
  • Volume: 38
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Forum
  • ISSN: 1046-1469
  • Serial URL: https://trforum.org/journal-of-the-trf/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Occupational safety; Public policy; Railroad crashes; Railroad grade crossings; Railroad safety; Safety education
• Identifier Terms: U.S. Federal Railroad Administration
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Policy; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00766585
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-042 829
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 21 1999 12:00AM