Source: Federal Railroad Administration announcement WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced that positive train control (PTC) technology is in operation on all 57,536 required freight and passenger railroad route miles, prior to the…
Source: NJ Transit announcement KEARNY, N.J. — Governor Phil Murphy announced last week that NJ TRANSIT’s Positive Train Control (PTC) system had been certified by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) as meeting the December 31, 2020 deadline for implementation. This…
Source: Knorr-Bremse Munich – New York Air Brake LLC (NYAB), a subsidiary of the Knorr-Bremse Group, in August deployed its on-board energy-management system, LEADER® AutoPilot™, to test the automatic driving capabilities of a freight train in Colorado. The system managed…
Source: CBSDFW.com Denton, Texas – After years of delays, the A-Train operated by the Denton County Transportation Authority (DCTA) is now the first passenger train in Texas to have fully functioning and tested Positive Train Control (PTC) system. DCTA officials said with the testing of…
The following is excerpted from a post by Christian MilNeil on StreetsBlog.com about a recent crash on the city’s rail system and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s move toward implementing an automated-braking system. BOSTON — On Friday evening, two Green…
Source: LILEE Systems announcement SAN JOSE, Calif. — LILEE Systems announced SafeRail, the first complete Hi-Rail Collision Avoidance System setting a new standard in rail safety. SafeRail integrates with SafeRide, to protect hi-rail vehicles on the tracks and on the…
Source: Wabtec announcement PITTSBURGH — Wabtec and RATP, Paris region operator as well a major international public transport operator, announced a partnership to test Wabtec’s innovative “Green Friction” braking solution. The test will study the solution’s ability to improve air…
Source: Washington Post post WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. railroads are on track to meet a December deadline to implement an automatic braking system – Positive Train Control (PTC) – that could prevent catastrophic collisions and derailments caused by speeding, the…
Source: Wabtec BOCHUM, Germany — Wabtec Corporation (NYSE: WAB) celebrated the groundbreaking of a 20,000-sqm, state-of-the-art green factory for developing and manufacturing brakes, as well as maintaining brakes and couplers for transit vehicles. Once complete, the new facility in Bochum will…
Source: nj101.5.com TRENTON — A state audit finds that NJ Transit could miss the federal deadline to install automatic braking system on its trains despite more than doubling the budget of the now-$500 million project. The 10-page report by the…
Source: claimsjournal.com OMAHA, Neb. — How many people does it take to operate a locomotive? For the railroad industry, the answer is simple: One. The industry is hoping this year’s scheduled completion of an automatic railroad braking system will bolster…
Source: Bloomberg/Quint Trenton, NJ – New Jersey Transit is withholding the growing cost of one of its biggest-ever capital projects, an emergency rail-braking system ordered by Congress. In 2017, the so-called positive train control system had a cost of at…
All New Jersey Transit locomotives will be outfitted by Dec. 31 with lifesaving braking technology, according to Governor Phil Murphy’s office. The milestone means that NJ Transit, operator of the nation’s second-busiest commuter railroad, can ask federal regulators for two…
Source: JCMR announcement DECATUR, Ga. – Revenue from the global advanced driver-assistance system (ADAS) and autonomous-driving (AV) components market was vаluеd at $10.5445 billion іn 2021 and is expected to register a significant compound-annual-growth rate (CAGR) of 23.5 percent during…
Source: Continental announcement AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Technology company Continental has won a 2022 Automotive News PACE Award for its MK C2 brake-by-wire system. Additionally, BMW Group and Continental were presented with an Innovation Partnership Award for their development of…
CHATHAM, Mass. – The Hyundai Ioniq 5 electric vehicle (EV) does not look like anything else on the road on Cape Cod – or anywhere else in the U.S. for that matter, making a statement the Korean automaker will be…
Source: ZF announcement JEVERSEN, Germany — Just six months after the launch of its new Commercial Vehicle Solutions (CVS) division, substantial orders for ZF’s latest technologies shows that customers are reacting positively to the new integrated portfolio. Fueled by this…
CHATHAM, Mass. – Climbing mountains has never been an issue for Jeep vehicles and the Grand Cherokee L, the brand’s three-row sport utility vehicle (SUV) reaches new heights in luxury, features and capabilities with the Summit Reserve trim we recently…
DEARBORN, Mich. — The Ford F-150 PowerBoost™ Full Hybrid pickup truck, reviewed in this week’s TBR Drive, goes about its business quietly and efficiently, including the blending of its regenerative-braking and hydraulic-braking capabilities. Depending upon the hybrid’s need for energy…
CHATHAM, Mass. – Like the towering redwoods for which it is named, the Toyota Sequoia cuts an impressive figure whether parked in a driveway or cruising down the highway. And in the Blizzard Pearl white livery with black accents of…
CHATHAM, Mass. – We liked it a lot following last year’s review and after spending a week in a 2021 Lincoln Corsair Reserve, our very-positive opinion of this luxury compact sport utility vehicle (SUV) continues. Ford’s luxury up-scale division introduced…
Source: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems announcement ELYRIA, Ohio – Supporting both student safety and the men and women behind the wheel with a school bus industry first, the Bendix® Intellipark® Electronic Parking Brake can now be ordered factory-installed on two…
Source: Veoneer announcement STOCKHOLM — The automotive technology company, Veoneer, Inc. (NYSE: VNE and SSE: VNE SDB), and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. have signed an agreement under which the companies will collaborate on the delivery of scalable Advanced Driver Assistance Systems…
Source: Knorr-Bremse announcement WUHAN, China – Knorr-Bremse DETC Commercial Vehicle Braking Technology Co., Ltd. (Knorr-Bremse DETC) recently held the groundbreaking ceremony at a 50,000 m2 site in Dongfeng Industrial Park where a new plant is to replace the company’s three…