The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) issued a public notice and request for comments on a proposed General Directive that would reduce the frequency of stop signal overruns in the rail transit industry.
This would require rail transit agencies and State Safety Oversight Agencies (SSOA) to work together to understand the significant risks of death, injury and property damage associated with stop signal overruns, establish mitigations to reduce the risks, and monitor the implementation and effectiveness of the mitigations. The proposal also would, for the first time, establish a definition for stop signal overruns in the rail transit industry.
The proposed General Directive would require a rail transit agency to conduct a systematic safety risk evaluation of the potential for stop signal overruns on its system, evaluate its operational activities to monitor the implementation and effectiveness of existing mitigations, and develop a corrective action plan, as necessary. In addition, the proposed General Directive would require SSOAs to participate in, review, and approve the safety risk evaluations conducted by rail transit agencies they oversee, and monitor and report the status of corrective action plans to the FTA.
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