Battelle to perform MTA safety assessment

Written by Jenifer Nunez, assistant editor

Battelle has been awarded a $3.1-million contract by New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), to perform an Independent Safety Assessment and safety certification support for the design and implementation of Interoperable Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) on the Queens Boulevard Line in the New York City Transit system.

 

MTA says the radio-based CBTC implementation provides real-time data on vehicle position and speed conditions, allowing system operators to safely increase the number of vehicles on a rail line, resulting in greater frequency of train arrivals and allows MTA to accommodate more passengers on its system.

Development work is expected to begin on the Queens Boulevard line in September with the major installation beginning in mid-2017.

 

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