Our guest speaker will provide a high level overview of meeting the PTC statute, some lessons learned, and what comes next in terms of technology and future development.

Carolyn Hayward-Williams joined FRA in 2017 and inherited the PTC Division. Over the last four years, Carolyn has led the FRA PTC and Signal & Train Control team, working with Railroads and the supply industry, to ensure all railroads subject to the statutory mandate met the deadline. On December 29th, 2020, FRA announced that all railroads successfully implemented PTC.