Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Rail_Safety_Improvement_Act_of_2008
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Statements (27)
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:Federal_Railroad_Administration
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Title_49_of_the_United_States_Code
gptkbp:appliesTo freight railroads
passenger railroads
gptkbp:category gptkb:2008_in_American_law
gptkb:Rail_transportation_in_the_United_States
gptkbp:citation gptkb:49_U.S.C._§_20101_et_seq.
gptkbp:contains Clean Railroads Act of 2008
Federal Railroad Safety Improvement Act
Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act
Rail Passenger Disaster Family Assistance Act of 2008
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008
gptkbp:mandate positive train control
gptkbp:publicLawNumber Public Law 110-432
gptkbp:purpose improve rail safety
mandate positive train control
reduce train accidents
gptkbp:requires implementation of positive train control by 2015
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:George_W._Bush
October 16, 2008
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Positive_Train_Control
gptkb:Positive_Train_Control_(PTC)
gptkb:ACSES
gptkb:PTC_(Positive_Train_Control)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7