A Brief Summary of Railroad Safety Legislation

The article briefly summarizes the advent of railroad safety legislation. The gradual development of laws for railroad safety improvement began in the late nineteenth century, with legislation often occurring after accidents involving trains. A brief history of railroad-related landmarks, beginning with George Westinghouse's 1869 invention of the air brake, is given. Transportation Security Administration and Federal Railroad Administration activities are discussed.

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• Authors:
  • King, Vereda J
  • Chen, David Y
• Publication Date: 2007

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 206-209
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transportation Law, Logistics and Policy
  • Volume: 74
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Association for Transportation Law, Logistics and Policy
  • ISSN: 1078-5906
  • Serial URL: http://www.atlp.org/journal.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air brakes; Crashes; History; Laws; Policy, legislation and regulation; Railroads; Safety
• Identifier Terms: U.S. Federal Railroad Administration; U.S. Transportation Security Administration
• Uncontrolled Terms: Safety improvement
• Subject Areas: History; Law; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01052023
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 27 2007 10:25AM