collision avoidance

Metro discovers problems in additional track circuits

July 23, 2009

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has found additional “anomalies” in the track circuits designed to prevent collisions on its Metrorail system.

Read the full article →

Metrorail meets with vendors about train control backup

July 17, 2009

Following a recommendation from the NTSB to develop a real-time backup system for its train control system, officials from WMATA (DC) have begun meeting with vendors.

Read the full article →

Feds post proposed rules on positive train controls

July 17, 2009

This week the Federal Railroad Administration issued proposed rules designed to prevent train collisions with use of positive train control.

Read the full article →

Crash inquiry cites driver fatigue and MBTA safety systems

July 15, 2009

NTSB’s investigation of a 2008 crash on the MBTA’s Green Line light-rail system identified two key factors — driver fatigue, characterized as “micro-sleep,” and the absence of an automated collision avoidance system.

Read the full article →

MBTA tests collision-avoidance system for trolleys

July 6, 2009

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is testing a collision-avoidance system for its light-rail system.

Read the full article →

MBTA to review anticrash technology for Green Line

May 26, 2009

Under increasing pressure to develop anticrash technology for its Green Line trolley system, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is years away from identifying a solution that would work with the Boston’s historic system.

Read the full article →

Learning from locusts: Volvo sets collision-avoidance goal

December 16, 2008

Volvo has set an ambitious safety goal: No motorist will die in a Volvo crash after 2020.  As a first step, the manufacturer is unveiling a low-speed braking system next year.  Called City Safety, the system is designed to reduce collisions at less than 18 mph by automatically applying the brakes if the driver does [...]

Read the full article →

Next Entries →