Download or read book Communications and Coordination Demands of Railroad Roadway Worker Activities and Implications for New Technology written by U.s. Department of Transportation and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-05-26 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report documents the results of a cognitive task analysis (CTA) that examined the cognitive and collaborative demands and activities of railroad roadway workers. The purpose of the CTA of roadway workers was to understand the factors that complicate performance in today's environments, as well as the knowledge and skills that roadway workers have developed to cope with the cognitive and collaborative demands placed on them.