SYSTEMS ANALYSIS OF RAPID TRANSIT UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION. VOLUME 1: SECTIONS 1-5. FINAL REPORT

Three San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) projects and two Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) projects, were studied with regard to time schedules, costs, and sensitivity to physical and institutional controls. Resulting data were utilized to develop generalised models of four specific types of underground construction: cut and cover station; cut and cover line; free air driven tunnel; and compressed air driven tunnel. The models are a planning tool for evaluation of the alternative types of underground construction in a transit system with respect to local costs and physical and institutional controls. (TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Systems Center

  55 Broadway, Kendall Square
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142
• Authors:
  • Birkmyer, A J
  • Richardson, D L
• Publication Date: 1974-12

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: 173 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Construction; Costs; Cut and cover tunneling; Drilling; Mathematical models; Rapid transit; Scheduling; Subways; Systems analysis; Tunneling; Tunnels
• Identifier Terms: San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District; Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost analysis; Models
• Geographic Terms: San Francisco (California); United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Control conditions; Subway construction
• ITRD Terms: 3655: Construction; 224: Cost; 3395: Cut and cover; 3871: Drilling; 1181: Rapid transit system; 3374: Tunnel; 8122: USA
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Finance; Public Transportation; I54: Construction of Tunnels;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00399651
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: Tech Rpt., MONOGRAPH
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 30 1985 12:00AM