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31
Aug
1993
Emergency Orders
Required Florida East Coast Railroad to sound warning device at grade crossings and to revoke operating rules/bulletins to the contrary. (State had enacted "whistle ban" statute, permitting local governments to prohibit train horns during night hours.)
Subject
Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Warning Systems,
Operating Practices,
Train Horn Noise
Emergency Order Number
Emergency Order 15, Notice No. 4
1
Aug
1993
Technical Reports
Safety of High Speed Guided Ground Transportation Systems: EMF Exposure Environments Summary Reports
Subject
Safety Advisories,
Safety Regulatory Analysis,
Safety Performance Measures
Keywords: Electric and Magnetic fields, EMF, Exposure assessments, Occupations and sources of EMF, Residential Electric and magnetic fields exposures, Electric and magnetic exposure protocol and equipment
Abstract: This paper presents an overview of American exposure assessments for electric and magnetic fields (EMF) in the frequency range from 0 to 3 kHz. The exposure information available...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-93/28
Office
RRD
1
Aug
1993
Technical Reports
Safety of High Speed Guided Ground Transportation Systems: The Biological Effects of Maglev Magnetic Field Exposures
Subject
Maglev,
Safety Advisories,
Safety Regulatory Analysis,
Safety Performance Measures
Keywords: Magnetic levitation, Maglev, Biological effects, Neurotransmitter effects, Pineal Effects, Melatonin
Abstract: This report describes selected biological effects on transformed human cell lines and on rats from exposure to simulated maglev magnetic fields (MFs). Rats (n = 6 per group) were...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-93/30
Office
RRD
1
Aug
1993
Other Reports
Intermodal Technical Assistance Activities for Transportation Planners
Subject
Safety Performance Measures
Keywords: Air Quality Analysis, Economic Analysis, Resources, Travel Demand Management
Abstract: [From the Overview] This document identifies intermodal technical assistance activities originating within the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) which should be of use to...
Office
RRD
1
Aug
1993
Other Reports
The Federal Railroad Safety Program: 100 Years of Safer Railroads
Subject
Safety Performance Measures
Keywords: Historical Legislation, Employee Casualties, Safety Measures
Abstract: This document details the history of railroad safety in the last one hundred years. It includes historic counting of employee fatalities as well as information about safety...
Office
RRD