GUIDEBOOK FOR PLANNING TO ALLEVIATE URBAN RAILROAD PROBLEMS

This report is the third of four volumes reporting the results of a project to analyze the nationwide magnitude of the urban railroad relocation and to prepare methodology for future relocation studies. Volume 1 is an executive summary; Volume 2 is a community guide for preliminary assessment of the potential for planning to alleviate urban railroad conflicts; and Volume 4 presents a nationwide estimate of the nature and magnitude of urban railroad relocation. The purposes of Volume 3 are to suggest an appropriate approach to planning for community policy makers, to outline analytical processes to be used by technical specialists, and to provide supporting data.

• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/72736
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared in cooperation with Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C., TOPS On-Line Service, Inc., San Francisco, Calif., Gruen Associates , Los Angeles, Calif., and Kaiser Engineers, Okland, Calif.
• Corporate Authors:

  Stanford Research Institute

  333 Ravenswood Avenue
  Menlo Park, CA  United States  94025

  Federal Railroad Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  TOP-On-Line Service, Incorporated

  1 Market Street
  San Francisco, CA  United States  94105

  GRUEN ASSOCIATES

  LOS ANGELES, CA  United States 
• Authors:
  • Moon, A E
  • Carter, J
  • Frank, J
  • Danzig, J C
  • Whipple, B
• Publication Date: 1974-8

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 327 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: City planning; Economic development; Guidelines; Land use; Methodology; Needs assessment; Operating costs; Railroad facilities; Railroad grade crossings; Railroad transportation; Railroads; Relocation (Facilities); Socioeconomic factors; Transportation planning; Urban areas; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Relocation; User needs
• Old TRIS Terms: Urban railroad relocation
• Subject Areas: Economics; Environment; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00090559
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FR-20037
• Files: NTIS, NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 29 1981 12:00AM