SUBWAY ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEY PORT AUTHORITY TRANSIT CORPORATION

The purpose of this report is to present all of the subway environmental information gathered in an extensive interview with the Port Authority Transit Corporation. The information represents the state-of-the-art under actual operating conditions in the PATCO subway system, of the various environmental areas included in the project--temperature, humidity, velocity, pressure, odor, environmental equipment noise and vibration. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  De Leuw, Cather and Company

  Denver, CO  United States 
• Publication Date: 1971-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 70 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aerodynamics; Damping (Physics); Environmental engineering; Humidity control; Noise control; Pneumatic conveyors; Rapid transit; Rapid transit cars; Speed control; Subways; Temperature control (Structures); Tubing; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Noise reduction
• Geographic Terms: Pennsylvania; Philadelphia (Pennsylvania)
• Old TRIS Terms: Philadelphia transit system; Subway railways; Tube systems; Tube vehicles
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00039812
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Tech Rpt
• Contract Numbers: DOT-UT-290
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 9 2003 12:00AM