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NTSB releases “Ten Most Wanted” list of transportation improvements for 2014

January 16, 2014

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) today released its 2014 Most Wanted List, the top 10 advocacy and awareness priorities for the agency for 2014, which for the first time includes improving operational safety in rail mass transit.

NTSB wants more protection for rail transit workers

“A positive safety culture is not a solo act”

December 20, 2013

The National Transportation Safety Board yesterday issued two “urgent” safety recommendations to the Federal Transit Administration as part of its ongoing investigation into the deaths of two Bay Area Rapid Transit track workers who were struck by a BART train near Walnut Creek, Calif., on October 19.

NY train was speeding when it derailed

Would technology have saved four lives?

December 3, 2013

The New York commuter train that derailed Sunday morning, killing four people, was going 52 miles over the speed limit at the time of the derailment, according to National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators.

NTSB: Train engineer’s poor vision caused fatal head-on collision

Union Pacific recertified him despite problems

Maureen Paraventi

June 21, 2013

Despite having such poor vision that he drove with a restricted (auto) license, a train engineer was medically recertified by his employer, Union Pacific Railroad. Those vision problems contributed to fatal 2012 head-on collision between two freight trains in Oklahoma, according to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).