Research Report and Findings: Crash Energy Management for Heavy Rail Vehicles, Light Rail Vehicles, and Streetcars

Details

• Creators:
  Sciandra, Enrico ; Jones, MaryClara
• Corporate Creators:
  University of South Florida. Center for Urban Transportation Research ; Transportation Technology Center, Inc (TTCI)
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Crashworthiness
  • Light rail transit
  • Railroad safety
  • Rapid transit
  • Standards
  • Streetcars
  • Transit safety
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FTA Report No. 0233
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1527646
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration
• Abstract:
  This project was conducted as part of the Standards Development Program Cooperative Agreement with the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA’s) Research, Demonstration and Innovation and Transit Safety Oversight offices. This project includes (1) background research and analysis on needs and gaps for new standards related to transit crashworthiness and crash energy management (CEM), including a summary of transportation modes where standards are lacking, (2) existing standards implemented into industry related to crashworthiness and CEM, and (3) industry survey results on the use of the standards for newly-procured equipment. Findings are presented for FTA’s consideration related to development of standards, protocols, guidelines, or recommended practices related to transit crashworthiness and CEM.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68230/dot_68230_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.63 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Transit Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e96a8c870199fa8527f159cc3aa2be31fe8991a457039a72a94b1998a4760931