Two rail issues make NTSB's 2016 'Most Wanted' list

摘要

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its 2016 Most Wanted List of transportation safety improvements on January 13 at the 95th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board. Two rail specific issues from the 2015 Most Wanted List, Positive Train Control (PTC) and rail tank care safety issues, have been combined into one item on the 2016 list: Promote The Completion of Rail Safety Initiatives. New to the list in 2016 is "Improve Rail Transit Safety Oversight," which joins other issues making their debut on the list, including "Strengthen Occupant Protection," "Reduce Fatigue-Related Accidents," "Expand Use of Recorders to Enhance Transportation Safety" and "Promote Availability of Collision Avoidance Technologies in Highway Vehicles."