ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF RAIL TRANSIT SAFETY, 1975-1980, WITH EMPHASIS ON SAFETY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

The bibliography provides a comprehensive review of published literature concerning rail transit safety and includes 186 annotated entries. The report covers domestic and foreign material on rail transit safety and related safety research and development. The Bibliography is concerned with safety aspects of the design and functioning of operating transit systems. Among the topics covered are train accidents (collisions, crashworthiness, derailments, and fires); evacuations; patron safety on and off trains; trespassers; and safety management. Because of its operational emphasis, the scope of this Bibliography does not include documents which deal exclusively with safety practices during facility construction, security against crime, or commuter rail.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Systems Center

  55 Broadway, Kendall Square
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Pawlak, R J
  • Snow, R M
  • Metcalf, M E
• Publication Date: 1981-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 227 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bibliographies; Crashes; Crashworthiness; Development; Disasters and emergency operations; Fire prevention; Fires; Intermodal terminals; Prevention; Public transit; Railroad transportation; Rapid transit; Research; Safety; Security; Subways; Transit vehicle operations; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Emergency procedures; Research and development
• Old TRIS Terms: Rapid transit railways; Terminal facilities
• Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Railroads; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00347902
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-TSC-UMTA-81-56 Final Rpt., UMTA-MA-06-0098-81-2
• Contract Numbers: DOT-UMTA-MA-06-0098
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 30 1982 12:00AM