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Title: HIGH-SPEED PASSENGER TRAIN SAFETY
Accession Number: 00459569
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: The current resurgence of high-speed rail passenger studies in the United States centers around foreign equipment with operating speeds significantly higher than those permitted by the Code of Federal Regulations. It is necessary to develop criteria and standards for a new generation of rail-passenger and magnetically levitated equipment and systems. Their quality must be consistent with the quality of the existing U.S. safety record. A series of technical workshops should be held to establish such new criteria and standards. The issues to be addressed would include structures and standards for tracks and guideways, grade-crossing protection, crashworthiness of vehicles, electrification, rolling stock, and improved emergency procedures. Because a wide variation in both design philosophy and construction criteria exists between U.S. and foreign equipment, it is essential to arrive at a technical consensus before establishing requirements and regulations.
Supplemental Notes: Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Intercity Passenger Guided Transportation. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01419401
Authors: Mitchell, Myles BEditors: Nizharadze, Catherine DornPagination: pp 6-11
Publication Date: 1985
Serial: ISBN: 0309039126
Media Type: Print
Features: References
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Aug 31 1991 12:00AM
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