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https://doi.org/10.3141/1691-03

http://scholar.google.com...sman&publication_year=1999

In any organization there is a limit on the amount of resources that can be used for risk reduction. By examining strategies for reducing the risk of fatalities on the East Japan Railway (JR East), a framework in which risk-reduction resources can be used well is described. Basic principles of risk assessment are introduced. Various analyses and models to study collisions, earthquake effects, level-crossing accidents, and operating policies regarding natural hazards are presented. The concept of a global risk assessment of JR East is included. The question of perceived versus objective risk is discussed in the context of safety-related investment.

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1691, Research Issues in Intercity Rail Passenger Systems and Railroad Track Structure Design.

English

p. 19-23

1999

Transportation Research Record

0309071194

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Fatalities; Intercity transportation; Investments; Mathematical models; Passenger trains; Risk assessment; Risk management; Safety

Higashi Nihon Ryokaku Tetsudo Kabushiki Kaisha

Highways; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors

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