For a full listing visit
http://www. FRA is also beginning field-tests on new
technology that automatically controls train movements and speed, including
bringing a train to a stop.dot.

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One of the primary safety issues addressed in the plan is human error, the
largest single factor accounting for 38 percent of all accidents over the last
five years.

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"The new website http://www.
Flight has an unmatched aviation picture library of over 1 million images
going back to 1909. Mineta during a visit to Columbia, S.

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Secretary of Transportation
Norman Y.

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The launch of the new web site reflects the introduction of the umbrella
brand Flight, which replaces The Flight Group, and coincides with the Asian
Aerospace show in Singapore , where it will be presented to the market.co.S.

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Under the plan, Secretary Mineta, with guidance from some of the nation's
top rail safety advisors, is seeking to develop a new federal rule to address
human factor accidents.

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"The aggressive and comprehensive plan I am unveiling today will bolster
safety along America's rails and help prevent the tragic and costly rail
accidents that still plague the nation's railroad network. This step-by-step
action plan targets the fundamental factors that cause rail accidents,"
Secretary Mineta said.gov.

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Business and a member of Reed Elsevier plc (525), (UK:REL) (US:RUK)
(NL:45443), the world 's leading publisher and information provider. But safety must remain
the core principle that guides operations on our nation's rail system,"
Secretary Mineta said.

A copy of the Department 's National Rail Safety Action Plan is available
at http://www.fra.

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portfolio includes Computer Weekly, Caterer + Hotelkeeper, Commercial Motor,
Community Care, Estates Gazette , Farmers Weekly, Flight International, New
Scientist, Travel Weekly, Totaljobs.

Secretary Mineta Unveils National Rail Safety Action Plan to Address the Future Safety and Vitality of America's Railways

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"We're delighted to be
able to provide our customers with a seamless customer experience now, as
well as create the world's leading community for everyone involved in or with
a passion for aviation," he added.

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Thousands of images, covering all aspects of the aviation
industry, are searchable online.

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The plan will help prevent
train accidents caused by human error, improve the safety of hazmat shipments,
minimize the dangers of crew fatigue, deploy state-of-the-art technologies to
detect track defects, and focus inspectors on safety trouble spots.

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LONDON, Flight, the world 's longest
established name in aviation media, launches the industry's leading aviation
media site - http://www.

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Secretary Mineta today outlined the new National Rail Safety Action Plan,
which represents the Department of Transportation's aggressive new approach to
improving safety throughout the railroad industry. Growth in both freight
and vehicle traffic has created new opportunities and new challenges in the
form of more trains on our tracks than ever before.

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Flight Launches www .flightglobal.com - the World's Leading Aviation Media Site

Home to market leading magazines Flight International and Airline
Business, as well as the Air Transport Intelligence service and ACAS fleet
database, http://www.
"While the railroad industry's overall safety record has improved over the
last decade, very serious accidents continue to occur.

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com, CWJobs, Estates Gazette
Interactive (EGi), ATI (Air Transport Intelligence), ICIS, Kellysearch,
Kompass UK, and Bankers ' Almanac. WASHINGTON, A new plan to improve safety along the
nation's railroads was unveiled today by U.
The safe transport of hazardous materials by rail is also a major focus of
the action plan.

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com brings together all our brands
under the new Flight umbrella for the first time, providing a single
destination for our customers to access news, market intelligence , jobs and
resources," said Jim Muttram, Publishing Director. The plan will target the
most frequent , highest-risk causes of accidents, focus federal oversight and
inspection resources, and accelerate research into new technologies that can
vastly improve rail safety.
The Secretary also announced the implementation of a new National
Inspection Plan for deploying inspectors and resources to safety hot spots
before accidents occur. And by July, Mineta
said, the FRA will launch a new pilot program providing emergency responders
with real-time information via secure website about the hazardous materials
involved in train accidents.

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flightglobal.com.
Visit us at http:/ /www. In response to FRA's call to action, the railroad industry
will now provide local emergency responders a ranked listing of the top 25
hazardous materials transported through their community .
Additionally, to help alleviate risk in so-called "dark territory" -- or
railroad lines without signal systems, the Department is investigating new
devices to detect if switches are in the correct position, and low-cost
circuits to detect broken rails.

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newscom. He said the Department is also accelerating research
into the role fatigue plays in accidents to help railroads set better crew
schedules .

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RBI
publishes over 100 market leading publications, directories and online
services, and organises many industry conferences and awards.uk/

(Photo: http://www.

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com caters for everyone serious about aviation. Preliminary findings from the tragic accident in Graniteville
this January point to human error as the cause -- the failure of a train crew
to properly line a switch back to the mainline track.

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And as part of that reinvigorated inspection effort,
the Federal Railroad Administration is investing in special high-tech rail
cars that automatically inspect tracks integrity as they roll along the rails.
"We've got to stay focused on safety to keep our trains moving," he said.

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