<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>TRB Publications Index</title><link>http://pubsindex.trb.org/</link><atom:link href="http://pubsindex.trb.org/common/TRIS Suite/feeds/rss.aspx?tc=NN%3AQbfmkhb%2A" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><description></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright © 2015. National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.</copyright><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><managingEditor>tris-trb@nas.edu (Bill McLeod)</managingEditor><webMaster>tris-trb@nas.edu (Bill McLeod)</webMaster><image><title>TRB Publications Index</title><url>http://pubsindex.trb.org/Images/PageHeader-wTitle.png</url><link>http://pubsindex.trb.org/</link></image><item><title>Railways 2012</title><link>http://pubsindex.trb.org/view/1222755</link><description><![CDATA[This issue contains 20 papers on the following aspects of railways:  advanced dispatching measures for managing disrupted traffic flow; high speed rail versus air transportation; high speed route improvement; a decision support system to optimize railway stopping patterns; risk assessment of positive train control; dual-mode and new diesel locomotive developments; next generation of intercity corridor bi-level equipment; portable emission measurement system; slab track mass-spring system; track fastenings in high-speed and heavy-haul railroads; water movement through ballast and subballast for dual-line railway track; ballast fouling; stochastic railroad track wear model; asset condition assessment; standardizing trains for rail line capacity analysis; forecasting short-term volumes of freight rail; value for railway capacity; taxonomy for performance-shaping factors for railway operations; and causes of train derailment.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:33:22 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://pubsindex.trb.org/view/1222755</guid></item><item><title>Development of the Next Generation of Intercity Corridor Bi-Level Equipment with Crash Energy Management</title><link>http://pubsindex.trb.org/view/1130698</link><description><![CDATA[An innovative rail car procurement specification was developed for bi-level equipment. This specification was developed to fulfill the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (PRIIA). PRIIA is a congressional mandate to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, state departments of transportation, FRA, and passenger rail car builders and suppliers to develop the next generation of passenger rail equipment for intercity corridor service for speeds up to 125 mph. Technological innovations are to be used to improve safety incrementally, and components are to be standardized to the extent possible to leverage economies of scale to help revitalize the manufacturing base for domestic passenger equipment. This paper focuses on the technical discussions held by a cross section of key industry stakeholders to develop specification language for crash energy management features as an overlay on a fully compliant bi-level car design. The purpose of the paper is to widely disseminate the methodology and process used and to provide background information on the values chosen for individual car crush zone performance.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 09:37:13 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://pubsindex.trb.org/view/1130698</guid></item><item><title>Challenges and Strategies in Benchmarking Intercity Passenger Rail Performance</title><link>http://pubsindex.trb.org/view/1091723</link><description><![CDATA[Assessing performance of intercity passenger rail services is relevant for government policy makers, rail infrastructure owners and managers of train operating services.  However, assessing performance is no easy task, given that performance is largely a relative concept which requires comparison between different operators. The dynamics and contextual environments of the intercity passenger rail industry further pose a number of challenges to the comparative evaluation of intercity passenger rail operator performance.   The authors were part of a team undertaking a study for Transport Canada whose objective was to compare the performance of VIA Rail – Canada’s only intercity passenger rail service – to international intercity passenger rail operators. The study took into account the influence of different governance models and operating environments, and drew out related public policy lessons for VIA Rail.   Though the results of the study are confidential, the key challenges in benchmarking intercity passenger rail performance and the strategies used to interpret related performance are presented with the aim of informing similar research in future. The discussion in this paper is specific to intercity passenger railway performance but many related lessons and tools are also applicable to benchmarking performance in other transportation sectors.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:13:13 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://pubsindex.trb.org/view/1091723</guid></item><item><title>NORTH AMERICAN INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SYSTEMS</title><link>http://pubsindex.trb.org/view/639291</link><description><![CDATA[Lacking the integration of new technology with modern passenger rail management, late 20th century railroads have paradoxically exhibited parallel success stories and failures in passenger operations.  On the one hand, Japan's Shinkansen, America's Metroliner, and France's TGV have demonstrated that trains could attract new riders and succeed economically in direct commercial competition with automobile and air travel.  On the other hand, passenger rail operators around the world experienced operating losses, declining market share, and poor productivity as increasing levels of government subsidy cushioned the gap between expenses and revenues.  The accelerating pace of change, coupled with a greater fusion of technical and organizational innovations, makes predicting the place of passenger trains in the new millennium more exciting but also more difficult.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2000 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://pubsindex.trb.org/view/639291</guid></item><item><title>INTERCITY PASSENGER RAIL</title><link>http://pubsindex.trb.org/view/639269</link><description><![CDATA[While the state of the art of intercity passenger rail (IPR) has advanced steadily worldwide during the past quarter-century, there is immense potential for further improvements in North America given the underutilization of and limited investment in this mode to date.  Europe and Japan have advanced their IPR systems well beyond those in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.  If North America is to remain truly competitive in the global marketplace, it must invest in a world-class transportation system that includes IPR, an important element of which is high-speed ground transportation (HSGT).  This paper presents the challenges and issues of IPR and HSGT to North America, including technology transfer and design and construction issues.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2000 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://pubsindex.trb.org/view/639269</guid></item></channel></rss>