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.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.3141/1930-05
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• Summary URL:
  http://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=Shared-Use+Rail+Corridors%3a+Survey+of+Current+Practice+with+Recommendations+for+the+Future&author=R.+Resor&author=T.+Hickey&publication_year=2005
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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
• 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