Notice2024-27501
Safety Advisory 24-2 Street-Running Rail Vehicle Collisions
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Published
November 25, 2024
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentFederal Transit Administration
Abstract
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has determined that street-running rail collisions are a risk to public transportation and is issuing Safety Advisory 24-2 to recommend actions to mitigate this risk.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 227 (Monday, November 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 92996-92997]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27501]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Safety Advisory 24-2 Street-Running Rail Vehicle Collisions
AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of safety advisory.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has determined that
street-running rail collisions are a risk to public transportation and
is
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issuing Safety Advisory 24-2 to recommend actions to mitigate this
risk.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ivey Glendon, Safety Assurance and
Risk Management Division Chief, Office of Transit Safety and Oversight,
FTA, telephone (202) 366-3236, or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cf86b9aab6e188a3aaa1aba0a18faba0bbe1a8a0b9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7b320d1e02553c171e151f14153b1f140f551c140d">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FTA recommends that State Safety Oversight
Agencies (SSOAs) direct Rail Transit Agencies (RTAs) operating street-
running-rail systems in their jurisdictions to conduct an analysis of
street-running rail collisions and consider and implement mitigation
strategies to reduce these collisions. FTA requests that any documents
be uploaded within 180 days from the issuance of this Safety Advisory.
Safety Advisory 24-2 also identifies resources that provide
guidance on identifying specific hazards that may cause or contribute
to street-running rail vehicle collisions, completing a safety risk
assessment, and developing mitigations to address the assessed safety
risks for transit agencies.
FTA's Safety Advisory 24-2 ``Street-Running Rail Vehicle
Collisions'' is available on the agency's public website: <a href="https://www.transit.dot.gov/regulations-and-guidance/safety/fta-safety-advisories">https://www.transit.dot.gov/regulations-and-guidance/safety/fta-safety-advisories</a>.
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 5329; 49 CFR 1.91 and 670.29.
Veronica Vanterpool,
Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2024-27501 Filed 11-22-24; 8:45 am]
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