Positive Train Control (PTC)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:train
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:PTC
gptkbp:alternativeTo	gptkb:European_Train_Control_System gptkb:Automatic_Train_Control
gptkbp:canBe	automatically stop trains
gptkbp:category	railway safety railway signaling train protection systems
gptkbp:challenge	funding interoperability technical complexity installation delays
gptkbp:cost	billions of dollars
gptkbp:deadlineForImplementation	December 2020
gptkbp:deployment	early 2010s
gptkbp:exampleUser	gptkb:Amtrak gptkb:Caltrain gptkb:MBTA gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railroad gptkb:CSX_Transportation gptkb:Norfolk_Southern_Railway gptkb:Long_Island_Rail_Road gptkb:Metro-North_Railroad gptkb:NJ_Transit gptkb:BNSF_Railway gptkb:Metra Metrolink
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Positive Train Control (PTC)
gptkbp:implementedIn	freight railroads passenger railroads
gptkbp:mandate	gptkb:U.S._Congress
gptkbp:monitors	train movements
gptkbp:oversees	gptkb:Federal_Railroad_Administration
gptkbp:prevention	movement through misaligned track switches overspeed derailments train-to-train collisions unauthorized train movement
gptkbp:purpose	increase rail safety prevent train accidents
gptkbp:relatedStandard	gptkb:49_CFR_Part_236_Subpart_I
gptkbp:relatedTo	railroad safety signal systems train automation
gptkbp:requires	gptkb:Rail_Safety_Improvement_Act_of_2008
gptkbp:technology	gptkb:GPS onboard computers wayside devices wireless radio
gptkbp:usedIn	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:BNSF
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6