Threats and risks of development of the global railway transportation industry in the context of intensive introduction of digital innovative technologies based on artificial intelligence
https://doi.org/10.31432/1994-2443.2025.05
Abstract
Railway transportation plays an important role in the global economy, and the social and economic sustainability of many regions depends on its smooth operation. Despite the existing reliability and safety, railroads regularly experience man-made disasters accompanied by numerous casualties and significant material damage. In the vast majority of investigated cases, train accidents are caused by the “human factor”: drivers, dispatchers, engineers, construction workers, patrolmen and even passengers. To improve train traffic safety, process automation systems, including those using robotics and artificial intelligence (AI), are being actively implemented everywhere. However, the development of these innovations in turn generates new threats and risks of interaction in the human-machine-human system and already now requires a completely new level of knowledge, skills and competencies from AI developers, as well as railway industry employees, to ensure future transportation safety.
About the Authors
D. V. Mun
FGBU Agency “Emercom” of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia; 1 Research Center “Risk Assessment and Prevention of Emergencies” of the Federal State Budgetary Institution All-Russian Research Institute of Civil Defense and Emergencies of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Dmitry V. Mun, Cand. Sci. (Econ.), Deputy Directora; Leading Researcher
3 Teatralny Passage, 109012, Moscow
7 Davydkovskaya Street,121352 Moscow
V. V. Popeta
International expert community “www.Risk.today”
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vladislav V. Popeta, Cand. Sci. (Eng.), Honorary Power Engineer of the Russian Federation, co-founder and president
Moscow
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Mun D.V., Popeta V.V. Threats and risks of development of the global railway transportation industry in the context of intensive introduction of digital innovative technologies based on artificial intelligence. Information and Innovations. 2025;20(1):48-63. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31432/1994-2443.2025.05
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