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Fitness for Service: An Assessment of Safety—and Health

WEBFitness for Service: An Assessment of Safety—and Health. Written by Gary T. Fry , Vice President, Fry Technical Services, Inc.; Railway Age Contributing Editor. …

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Medical fitness-for-duty standards: Where are they

WEBFor more than 100 years, railroads self-regulated employee medical standards and fitness-for-duty decisions. However, very quietly after the enactment of HIPAA and …

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Where are railroad medical standards

WEBThe story goes something like this: For more than 100 years, railroads were self-regulated. Each had its own medical standards and protocols for monitoring medical …

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Health Monitoring in Real Time

WEBRAILWAY AGE AUGUST 2022 ISSUE: Artificial Intelligence, supported by continuous communications, is rapidly turning “fix it before it fails” into the industry’s …

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Two Takes on Health Care Arbitration: NRLC, Unions

WEBSecond, union leadership’s interpretation: “The decision is a major victory for railroad workers covered by national agreement health care plans, as their bargained …

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Motes: A New Approach to Equipment Health Monitoring

WEBRAILWAY AGE, OCTOBER 2020 ISSUE: The railroad industry has been monitoring various aspects of rail vehicle health for decades using wayside detectors. …

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Company Mental Health Resources Are a ‘Business Imperative’

WEBAn employee’s mental health is impacted by their mental and emotional, physical, financial, work life, social, and family wellbeing. The COVID-19 pandemic …

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MTA, Unions Agree on $0.5MM Death Benefit

WEBThe New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Transport Workers Union Local 100 and the Transport Workers Union of America have reached an …

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Rolling Asset Health

WEBMonitoring and maintaining the health of the industry’s rolling assets is a key enabler of this progress, which is why railroads continue to invest in an array of devices …

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Watch: BNSF Brake Health Pilot Program

WEBWritten by Railway Age Staff. “With thermal detector technology, we can gather more data about the health of brakes on a moving train than can be collected …

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OmniTRAX Adds Rail Safety, Environmental Leader

WEBOmniTRAX Adds Rail Safety, Environmental Leader - Railway Age. August 31, 2023.

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Bergen County, N.J. reps seek LRT

WEBNJ Transit now reportedly plans to submit an amended draft environmental impact statement in late autumn following a 45-day public comment period on the …

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NJT Seeks HBLR O&M Contractor

WEBNew Jersey Transit (NJT) has initiated a procurement process for an O&M (Operations and Maintenance) contractor for the 20.6-mile, 24-station Hudson-Bergen …

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PEB 250 Recommendations ‘Fair and Appropriate’

WEBPresidential Emergency Board (PEB) 250 on Aug. 16 issued its report with non-binding recommendations regarding wages, benefits and work rules, among …

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On the Horizon: Planning for Post-Pandemic Travel

WEB4 | APTA Agencies Responded in Different Ways to the Pandemic, Some More Successfully Than Others • In response to falling ridership, difficulty retaining enough staff members, …

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‘Safety Integration Plan’ Proposed for CPKC

WEBDeveloped in accordance with FRA and STB regulations, the 164-page plan (download below) describes how CP and KCS would safely implement their …

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Ethics Issues in the Engineering Profession

WEBThis paper focuses on multiple topics of ethics issues in the engineering profession in detail. It includes why maintaining a high ethical standard is so important in the engineering …

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GDC Awards Two Major HTP Contracts

WEBThe Gateway Development Commission (GDC) has awarded two contracts for construction and construction management services on the Tonnelle Avenue Bridge …

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FTA Throws Another Monkey Wrench into NJT HBLR Extension

WEBNorthjersey.com reported that FTA’s move has made local lawmakers “furious” as there is now another delay in the HBLR extension into Bergen County. The …

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CARB Passes New In-Use Locomotive Regulation (Updated 5/3)

WEBThe California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced on Thursday that it approved new locomotive regulations to reduce train emissions, NOx and greenhouse …

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BART Crisis Intervention Specialists: Making a Difference

WEBCrisis Intervention Specialists are unarmed BART Police Department employees who have a background in social services. Their mission is to proactively ride …

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With a Delivery Partner Selected, Hudson Tunnel Project Moving …

WEBMPA Delivery Partners, a joint venture of Parsons Corporation, Arcadis of New York, Inc., and Mace North America Limited, will serve as Delivery Partner for the …

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