SUBWAY ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEY SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

The report, prepared under the Institute for Rapid Transit (IRT) project, is one of many such reports leading to a final product - a subway environmental design handbook. It presents information gathered in an extensive interview in southeastern Pennsylvania, including the actual operating conditions, of temperature, humidity, velocity, pressure, environmental equipment, noise, and vibration.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared in cooperation with Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade and Douglas, Inc. and Kaiser Engineers.
• Corporate Authors:

  De Leuw, Cather and Company

  165 West Wacker Drive
  Chicago, IL  United States  60601
• Publication Date: 1971-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 91 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aerodynamics; City planning; Environment; Environmental engineering; Handbooks; Humidity; Information systems; Interviewing; Noise; Passenger transportation; Pneumatic conveyors; Pressure; Rapid transit; Statistics; Subways; Surveys; Temperature; Tubing; Velocity; Vibration
• Identifier Terms: Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
• Uncontrolled Terms: Criteria
• Geographic Terms: Pennsylvania
• Old TRIS Terms: Environmental surveys; Handbook development; Noise sound; Tube systems; Tube vehicles
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Environment; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00039806
• 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