APTA: Commuter rail industry makes progress implementing PTC

摘要

The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) says its members are making "significant progress" toward implementing positive train control (PTC) and are on schedule to meet the December 2018 deadline. The analyses were based on surveying APTA members and assessing the quarterly reports submitted to the Federal Railroad Administration for the last quarter of 2016. It also showed that given the priority of PTC, there remains a significant investment backlog for State of Good Repair (SOGR) and expansion projects, including upgrades and replacement to track, bridges, rolling stock and facilities. Since APTA's last quarterly report, the Federal Transit Administration has updated the SOGR for the public transit industry, which has increased to $90 billion.