"Railroad Research and Development Program - Section 4.6 Train Control" (Memento vom 14. September 2009 im Internet Archive), Federal Railroad Administration : Freight Railroading, „Objectives of this program will be: (*) To apply the state of the art of safety review and assurance for safety-critical systems within the FRA’s regulatory environment. (*) To deploy the Nationwide Differential Global Positioning System (NDGPS) as a nationwide, uniform, and continuous positioning system, suitable for train control. (*) To advance the state-of-the-art in tactical and strategic planning and railroad network control systems.“