Design News - December 8, 2008

Cover Story

L.A. Crash Could have Been Averted with Positive Train Control

Positive Train Control (PTC), which promises to dramatically reduce rail accidents and whose origins go back almost 90 years, could have prevented the horrific collision in Chatsworth, CA Sept. 12.

Departments

Gadget Freak
Case #131: This Gadget Blows a Sonic Boom
The Dodge Report
People before Property: A Technology Decision Not Made
Weblog
Drilling with Ethernet

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