MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (MBTA) RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM (RED LINE) WAYSIDE AND IN-CAR NOISE AND VIBRATION LEVEL MEASUREMENTS

Wayside and in-car noise and vibration characteristics of a late-model mass transit car making up 2-car and 4-car trains are tabulated and analyzed in this report. The MBTA Type 1 South Shore Rapid Transit Car, designed and built by Pullman Standard, Chicago, Illinois and currently in operation on the Red Line of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) was measured. Wayside measurements had been made by the tracks of the South Shore Extension of the Red Line 58 days after the official September 1, 1971 opening of this extension. These wayside measurements were repeated six months later. In-car noise and vibration measurements are made in a selected 2-car train on a typical run over various sections of the Red Line.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Systems Center

  55 Broadway, Kendall Square
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142

  Office of the Secretary of Transportation

  Office of Noise Abatement, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Rickley, E J
  • QUINN, R W
• Publication Date: 1972-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 223 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acoustic measuring instruments; Acoustics; Measurement; Noise; Noise control; Railroad cars; Railroad tracks; Rapid transit; Vibration
• Identifier Terms: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
• Uncontrolled Terms: Noise measurement; Noise reduction
• Old TRIS Terms: Acoustic measurement; Rapid transit noise; Rapid transit railways; Vibration levels
• Subject Areas: Environment; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00143929
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-TSC-OST-72-31- Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-OS-207
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 1 1977 12:00AM