An Investigation of Passing Stop Signals at a Passenger Railroad

This report documents the findings and recommendations from an investigation into stop signal violations at an American passenger railroad. The investigation was requested by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and the passenger railroad, and sponsored by FRA’s Office of Research & Development (ORD). This investigation assisted the passenger railroad in understanding why stop signal violations occurred in the terminal and helped it develop effective corrective actions to prevent or mitigate their occurrence in the future. In addition to making recommendations for the railroad, this report discusses opportunities for the FRA to improve the risk management of passing a stop signal (PASS) across railroads. These improvements include recommending more systematic collection and analysis of PASS data; changing FRA compliance and enforcement practices to encourage more open and complete reporting of PASS incidents; and performing additional field and simulator-based research to strengthen the empirical foundation for linking systemic factors to PASS.

• Record URL:
  https://www.fra.dot.gov/eLib/details/L16708
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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12213
• Corporate Authors:

  Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142

  Federal Railroad Administration

  Office of Railroad Policy and Development, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Federal Railroad Administration

  Office of Research and Development, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Safar, Hadar
  • 0000-0002-8881-4142
  • Multer, Jordan
  • 0000-0002-7818-110X
  • Roth, Emilie
• Publication Date: 2015-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 90p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Railroad signals; Railroad terminals; Railroads; Recommendations; Risk management; Stopping
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; I70: Traffic and Transport; I80: Accident Studies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01570258
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-VNTSC-FRA-15-02, DOT/FRA/ORD-15/25
• Contract Numbers: RR04A9/MJ557
• Files: NTL, TRIS, RITA, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 21 2015 9:37AM