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Technical Bulletins
Time Limitations for Reasonable Suspicion Breath Test
Technical Bulletins
Utility Employee Protection
Other Reports
Report on the Functions of the Interstate Commerce Commission
Keywords: Regulations, Motor Carrier, Domestic Water Carriers
Abstract: This report examines a range of policy issues dealing with the economic regulation of surface transportation service (primarily freight) in the United States. Freight...
Technical Reports
Simulation Model for Risk/Benefit Evaluation of Rail Inspection Programs
Keywords: Crack growth, Damage Tolerance, Monte Carlo Method, Nondestructive Inspection, Rail Inspection
Abstract: A Monte Carlo simulation of certain aspects of rail inspection is presented. The simulation is used to compare alternative practices in railroad rail inspection programs. The...
Other Reports
Seismic Damage Assessment of Rail Structures in Japan after the January 1995 Kobe Earthquake
Keywords: Damage Repair, International Rail, Design Practice
Abstract: In the six weeks following the January 17, 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake (also called the 1995 Hyogo-Ken-Nanbu Earthquake or the Kobe Earthquake) an enormous effort has been...