Fatal Metro-North Crash Seen Unlikely toChange Agencies' Rail Safety System Work

摘要

A fatal Metro-North Railroad crash in New York City this month renewed public awareness aboutimplementation of the positive train control safety system, but PTC stakeholders told us they don’t believethe crash will ultimately change the dynamics of the technology's implementation at the FCC and otheragencies. The Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008, which required railroads to implement PTC communicationssystems, gives nearly all responsibility for implementing PTC to the Department of Transportationand the Federal Railroad Administration, said an FCC official. But the FCC has been facilitating thedeployment of some PTC technologies because they involve spectrum, said an official there.