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Title: RESEARCH PAYS OFF--ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY IMPROVES RELIABILITY AND SAFETY
Accession Number: 00457504
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: UMTA; the Transportation Systems Center, U.S. Department of Transportation; and transit industry subsystem suppliers have formed an Electromagnetic Interference and Compatibility (EMI/EMC) Technical Working Group (TWG) composed of senior engineering personnel, whose purpose is to develop effective remedies to industry-wide EMI/EMC problems. This group works in close cooperation with the American Public Transit Association to ensure that the results of its efforts are disseminated throughout the industry. Since 1979 the UMTA-sponsored Technical Working Group has used the EMI-recommended practices to provide testing services to a number of rail transit authorities including WMATA (Washington, D.C.), MTA-MD (Baltimore), MBTA (Boston), DCTA (Miami), NFTA (Buffalo) and BART (San Francisco). This activity has resulted in significant financial savings and safety improvements during the past 6 years. For example, two transit authorities were faced with potentially expensive litigation (estimated at more than $50 million) on the basis that EMI was interfering with businesses located adjacent to the rail system's right-of-way. However, testing under the EMI/EMC program verified that the transit-generated interference was not adversely affecting the electronic systems in these business firms. (Author)
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Pagination: p. 14-15
Publication Date: 1985-9
Serial: Features: Figures
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Uncontrolled Terms: Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Aug 31 1986 12:00AM
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