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May
1999
Environmental Review Documents
Procedures for Considering Environmental Impacts
Subject
Environmental Protection
Keywords: Procedures for Considering Environmental Impacts, Environmental Assessment Procedures
Abstract: The FRA announces that it has revised its Procedures for Considering Environmental Impacts to update or eliminate outdated references to programs or...
1
Sep
1996
Technical Reports
Crashworthiness of Passenger Trains: Safety of High-Speed Ground Transportation Systems
Subject
Crashworthiness - Passenger Equipment
Keywords: Crash Energy Management, Interior Crashworthiness, Occupant Restraint
Abstract: Studies were conducted evaluating the effectiveness of alternative strategies for providing crashworthiness of the vehicle structures and on the effectiveness of alternative...
Report Number
DOT-VNTSC-FRA-96-5
Office
RRD
1
May
1996
Technical Reports
Methodology for Computing Public Benefits of Diverting Passenger Trips from Conventional Modes to HSGT Modes of Travel
Subject
Environmental Protection
Abstract: In 1995 the Federal Railroad Administration conducted a Commercial Feasibility Study (CFS) of new high speed ground transportation (HSGT) intercity modes. The HSGT modes included...
Office
RRD
1
Apr
1996
Other Reports
Environmental Compliance Handbook for Short Line Railroads
Subject
Environmental Protection
Keywords: Environmental Impact, Environmental Laws, Railroad Operations
Abstract: Short line railroad operations are governed by a variety of laws passed by the federal government to regulate the impact of human activities on the environment. Non-compliance...
1
Mar
1993
Technical Reports
Collision Avoidance and Accident Survivability Volume 1 : Collision Threat
Subject
Crashworthiness - Passenger Equipment
Keywords: Transportation, safety, crashworthiness, human injury criteria, maglev, high-speed rail, high-speed guided
Abstract: This report is the first of four volumes concerned with developing safety guidelines and specifications for high-speed guided ground transportation (HSGGT) collision avoidance and...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-93/02.I
Office
RRD