Transportation

Senate: Y2K Committee -- Transportation

• Senate Y2K Committee Announces Survey Results Measuring Y2K Preparedness of Nation's Largest Transportation Companies (09-10-98)
• Transportation Survey Results
• Presentations
  • The Honorable Mortimer Downey, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation
  • Ms. Robin Stevens, Chief, Year 2000 Compliance, New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority
  • Mr. Edward R. Hamberger, President & CEO, Association of American Railroads
  • Ms. Joyce Wrenn, Vice President, Information Technology and CIO, Union Pacific Railroad
  • Ms. Paige Miller, Commissioner, Port of Seattle
  • Mr. Chris Lofgren, Chief Technology Officer, Schneider National

Y2K.Gov: President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion: Transportation Links

• Boeing and the Year 2000 Challenge
• Ship Operations Cooperative Program (SOCP) Y2K Website
• ABC News Site Covering Airlines and Y2K bug

GSA Y2K Site: Y2K - Resources for Industry

US Department of Transportation: Y2K Transportation Sector

• DOT: Y2K Transportation Sector - Outreach Activities
• Air Transportation - Federal Aviation Administration Y2K Site
• Rail Transportation
  • Federal Railroad Administration - USDOTFRA Y2K Documents Index
    • FRA Assessment of Railroad Industry Y2K Readiness
    • FRA Outreach with the Railroad Industry on Y2K
    • Testimony of Donald M. Itzkoff before the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, United States House of Representatives, October 2, 1998
  • Federal Transit Administration Y2K Page
  • Association of American Railroads
  • American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association
• Waterways Travel, Commerce, & Management
  • Maritime Administration (MARAD)
    • Ship Operations Cooperative Program (SOCP) - Y2K Page
      • The International Y2K assessment of the Maritime Transportation System Meeting was held on March 3, 1999 to gain a better understanding of the Y2K readiness of the global marine transportation system, to promote international awareness and knowledge sharing, to identify critical systems and refine preparedness actions, and to promote contingency planning throughout the international marine transportation system.  A video archive of the meeting has been developed and can be viewed by [clicking here].
      • Manufacturers' Contacts
    • Ship2000 Y2K Web Site
    • Marine Log Y2K Web Site
    • Chief of Naval Operations Year 2000 Project Office
    • USCG National Maritime Center's Marine Safety Website
  • US Coast Guard Year 2000 Web Site
  • SLSDC
  • The American Waterways Operators -American Association of Port Authorities - St. Lawrence Seaway Authority (Canadian Counterpart) - Inland River Ports & Terminals, Inc. - National Waterways Conference - Intermodal Association of North America - American Bureau of Shipping - National Industrial Transportation League - Shipbuilders Council of America - International Association of Ports & Harbours - International Maritime Organization
• Highway Transportation
  • National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA)
  • Federal Highway Administration Y2K Page
• Urban Transportation
  • Federal Transit Administration
  • American Public Transit Association (APTA)
  • Community Transportation Association of America
• Hazardous Materials Transportation
  • RSPA

Pipeline Safety Advisory Bulletin: Untitled

Government Computer News Search on Y2K: Search

• Coast Guard warns Y2K may jeopardize flow of oil to U.S. | GCN March 15, 1999
  • Pierside cranes that load and unload containers from cargo ships, for instance, have as many as 150 embedded computer chips each, he said. In a response to a recent survey, marine manufacturers reported that 20 percent of the embedded chips they had tested were not 2000-ready.
  • More than 7,700 foreign ships carrying cargo such as crude oil make about 80,000 visits to U.S. ports annually. More than 50 percent of the oil consumed in this country comes from foreign sources through U.S. ports. The Coast Guard is worried that many of these highly automated vessels are not “We don’t have much control over those vessels which are extremely dependent on technology,” said Rear Adm. George Naccara, the Coast Guard’s CIO, at a recent conference.year 2000-ready. 
  • The Coast Guard also has created a year 2000 site for mariners at www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/y2k.htm.

House.Gov: United States General Accounting Office - August 6, 1998, FAA Systems: Serious Challenges Remain in Resolving Year 2000 and Computer Security Problems, Statement of Joel C. Willemssen, Director, Civil Agencies Information Systems, Accounting and Information Management Division

Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR)-Year 2000 Project - Year 2000 Project Status

Viking Freight | Year 2000 | Questions & Answers

Crowley Maritime Corp. Y2K Project

SperryMarine Y2K Web Site