PTC: The Last Mile

摘要

CALL it the "home stretch," the "race to the finish line" the "last mile," or in this case, the "light at the end of the tunnel." With, approximately 15 months left until the Congressionally-imposed December 31 2020 deadline, the US railway industry is drawing close to achieving its $US 15bn goal for full implementation of Positive Train Control (PTC). It hasn't been an easy task, and along the way, there has been some heavy lifting, as well as numerous obstacles to clear, on the part of railways, the supply and engineering/consulting community and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), the regulator charged with overseeing this monumental effort.