NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY DESIGN GUIDELINES. SIGNALS AND COMMUNICATION

The main purpose of signaling is to provide safety and headway for rapid transit operations. This is accomplished by installing and interconnecting thousands of components of signal equipment into a coordinated system that, in all phases, stresses safety. There are three (3) main classifications of signals: automatic signals, approach signals and home signals. The purpose of the manual is to assist in standardizing the procedures involved in furnishing and installing of equipment to establish a signal system.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared in cooperation with Tri-State Regional Planning Commission, New York. Paper copy also available in set of 12 reports as PB-251 641-SET, PC$70.00.
• Corporate Authors:

  New York City Transit Authority

  370 Jay Street
  Brooklyn, NY  United States  11201

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  Office of Research, Development and Demonstration
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Tri-State Transportation Commission

  100 Church Street
  New York, NY  United States  10007
• Publication Date: 1975-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 245 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic control; Automatic train stop system; Block signal systems; Design; Fail safe systems; Handbooks; Highway traffic control; Rail transit facilities; Railroad signals; Rapid transit; Signal devices; Telecommunications; Track circuits; Traffic signal control systems; Urban transportation
• Identifier Terms: New York City Transit Authority
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design criteria; Instructions
• Geographic Terms: New York (State)
• Old TRIS Terms: Block systems; Rapid transit railways; Signal systems
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00133290
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Tech. Rpt., UMTA-IT-09-0014-75-5
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 23 1982 12:00AM