The year 2011 saw a number of high profile incidents involving railways in China. While every railway is unique, there are some universal concepts in modern safety management. This paper aims to share some of the basic concepts involved in the development of a modern railway throughout its life cycle. The key concepts are: safety management as sound investment, top down approach, safety is everybody's responsibility, risk-based allocation of safety resources, continuous improvement, no heroics and team from others.
Key Concepts in the Development of a Transit Safety Management System
Ninth Asia Pacific Transportation Development Conference ; 2012 ; Chongqing, China
Sustainable Transportation Systems ; 423-428
2012-06-28
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
Safety Concepts on Unmanned Transit Systems
British Library Conference Proceedings | 2006
|Safety Concepts on Unmanned Transit Systems
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1999
|Transit System Safety Management Program
British Library Conference Proceedings | 2006
|Development of the New Transit System Concepts in Korea
British Library Conference Proceedings | 2000
|Rail Transit Industry's System Safety Management Program
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1993
|