Human Factors in the U.s. Railroad Industry

Human Factors in the U.S. Railroad Industry book investigates the human factor behind one of the world's biggest railway networks and synthesizes the body of research that has been produced by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on Human Factors in the Railroad industry since 1993.

List of contents

Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
About The Author
Section I. Introduction, Overview, and Context
Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview
Chapter 2. Social, Legal and Policy Context
Section II. Analytic Methods
Chapter 3. Data Issues
Chapter 4. Exposure
Chapter 5. Signal Detection Theory
Section III. Grade Crossings and Trespassing
Chapter 6. Grade Crossing Safety and Trespassing
Section IV. Railroad Systems and Operations
Chapter 7. Fatigue and Hours of Service Regulations
Chapter 8. Working Conditions and Ergonomics
Chapter 9. Safety Culture Programs
Chapter 10. Track Inspection
Index

About the author

Thomas G. Raslear is an Independent Human Factors Consultant based in Maryland, USA. He has over 40 years of experience in experimental psychology and human factors research. For 23 years, he was based at the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) until his retirement. At FRA, he was Chief of the Human Factors Research Division in the Office of Research and Development. He is an internationally known expert in fatigue in the railroad industry and has published extensively on the effects of work schedules on fatigue and accidents. Tom was a member and former chair of the U.S. Department of Transportation Human Factors Coordinating Committee and a member of the Transportation Research Board Standing Committee on Railroad Operational Safety (AR070). He is also an internationally known expert on grade crossing human factors and accident causation and has published extensively on the use of Signal Detection Theory in the analysis of motorist behavior at grade crossings.

Summary

Human Factors in the U.S. Railroad Industry book investigates the human factor behind one of the world’s biggest railway networks and synthesizes the body of research that has been produced by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on Human Factors in the Railroad industry since 1993.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas G. Raslear
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.03.2025
• EAN: 9781032771403
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3277140-3
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Transportation Human Factors
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Automation, TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / History, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Hydraulics, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Health & Safety, TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / General, United States of America, USA, Transport industries, Engineering: general, Automatic control engineering, Transport planning and policy, Railway transport industries, Transport planning & policy, Hydraulic Engineering, Railway technology, engineering and trades, Railway Technology, Engineering & Trades, Ergonomics