Using funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the MBTA is conducting a pilot test of technology similar to a collision avoidance system in an automobile, using radar and increasingly fast beeping to warn train operators of obstacles ahead.
The MBTA is using funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The MBTA is conducting a pilot test of technology similar to a collision avoidance system in an automobile and increasingly fast beeping. This is to warn train operators of obstacles ahead. A collision avoidance system in an automobile is using radar.