LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT TRACK SHARING ON A BUSY FREIGHT CORRIDOR

Negotiating shared tracks with freight rail may not be an easy task, but Tri-Rail County Rail Authority in Pompano Beach, Florida is providing an example of how it can be done. The article shows the negotiations that had to be conducted to succeed. Linda Bohlinger, the executive director of Tri-Rail and the architect of the success, believes that federal authorities see Tri-Rail as a sort of test bed for track sharing, as the successful joint agreement she negotiated with corridor users provides a basis for federal testing of advanced signaling to allow higher speeds.

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  Cygnus Publishing, Incorporated

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• Authors:
  • Wilkins, V
• Publication Date: 2000-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 44-51
• Serial:
  • Mass Transit
  • Volume: 26
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Cygnus Publishing, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0364-3484
  • Serial URL: http://www.masstransitmag.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coordination; Corridors; Freight transportation; Rail transit; Schedule maintenance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Shared track
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00797465
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 9 2000 12:00AM