Since late 2022, Prof. Dick has been serving on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine consensus committee studying the impacts of longer freight trains. The Final Report of the consensus committee was released on September 17th by the Transportation Research Board.
The Final Report, entitled “Long Freight Trains: Ensuring Safe Operations, Mitigating Adverse Impacts” can be accessed at the following link: https://doi.org/10.17226/27807.