Shared-Use Rail Corridors: Survey of Current Practice with Recommendations for the Future
Many urban rail transit systems share a common transportation corridor or right-of-way with FRA-compliant freight or passenger trains. Existing federal railroad safety statutes do not specify requirements for this sort of application. As the mileage of shared-use corridors increases, there is increasing concern among federal and state regulators, railroads, and transit agencies about the potential for accidents that could stem from FRA-compliant and noncompliant rolling stock operating near each other in a shared-use corridor. This paper describes the extent and characteristics of shared-use corridors in the United States, derived from a recent survey undertaken on behalf of the FRA. The paper provides an overview of current practice in the design and operation of shared-use corridors and suggests a need for research leading to standardizations of practice to address potential safety and regulatory concerns.
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Authors:
- Resor, Randolph R
- Hickey, T R
- Publication Date: 2005
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 38-43
- Monograph Title: Transit: Intermodal Transfer Facilities, Rail, Commuter Rail, Light Rail, and Major Activity Center Circulation Systems
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
- Issue Number: 1930
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
- ISSN: 0361-1981
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Rail transit; Railroad crashes; Railroads; Recommendations; Regulation; Standardization; State of the practice; Surveys; Transit crashes
- Uncontrolled Terms: Shared use corridors
- Geographic Terms: United States
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Railroads; Research; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01020642
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 0309094046
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Mar 23 2006 3:30PM