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C3RS in the News

August 2019

February 2018

  • Trains Magazine - Learning From Mistakes, A decade after it started, FRA's Confidential Close Call Program wins praise. Read the article

December 2016

  • SEPTA Joins FRA's Confidential Close Call Reporting System (C3RS). Find out more
  • SEPTA, unions agree to implement close-call reporting system. Find out more

August 2016

  • Close Call updates at Long Island Railroad newsletter. Find out more

June 2016

  • Chicago Metra focusing on safety from the top down. Find out more

March 2016

  • Keolis Transportation Peer Review Team – Inside C3RS – Find out more
  • All Metra’s labor unions agree to implement the close call reporting system. Find out more
  • Metra expands major safety reporting system - labor and management work with FRA to bolster train safety. Find out more

February 2016

January 2016

  • Metro-North Railroad Implements Confidential Close Call Reporting System. Find out more

June 2015

  • FRA Research Results report shows C3RS contributes to safety and safety culture improvements at one site. Find out more

May 2015

  • FRA C3RS program implemented in Boston. Find out more
  • MBTA, Keolis, unions agree to implement close-call reporting system. Find out more

April 2015

  • Metro-North Railroad joins C3RS.

March 2015

  • Long Island Rail Road joins C3RS.

October 2014

September 2014

  • 2014 C3RS User Group Meeting. Best practices, learnings, and peer-to-peer stupport. Find out more

May 2014

  • Strasburg Rail Road joins C3RS.

April 2014

  • Confidential Close Call Reporting System reaches milestone Find out more on page 8.

January 2014

  • Amtrak expansion to include mechanical employees

December 2013

  • Another C3RS site improves safety at midterm Find out more
  • How confidential reporting systems work   Find out more
  • Feds order MTA to create employee reporting system, improve safety   Find out more

September 2013

  • Confidential Close Call Reporting System expanding at Amtrak   Find out more
  • Safety culture oversight at NJT spotlights C3RS Find out more

June 2013

April 2013

  • Amtrak expansion to add Transportation Communications Union (TCU)

March 2013

  • Developing an effective corrective action process: lessons learned from operating a Confidential Close Call Reporting System Find out more

February 2013

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Last updated: Sunday, November 17, 2019