Dragging Equipment Detectors and Automatic Equipment Identifiers for Rail Safety

Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau was the key-note speaker at a well-attended public forum on rail safety held in Toronto on April 27.   Several members of Transport Action Ontario spoke, particularly about the need for Positive Train Control, Dragging Equipment Detectors and Automatic Equipment Identifiers.

As followup, a letter providing more detail on the latter two ideas was sent to the Minister’s Policy Advisor.  The letter can be viewed here:  TAO-Chadha 2016-05-17