Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Rapid Transit System (Red Line) wayside and in-car noise and vibration level measurements

Details

• Creators:
  Rickley, E J ; Quinn, R W
• Corporate Creators:
  Transportation Systems Center ; John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Acoustic measuring instruments
  • Acoustics
  • Measurement
  • Noise
  • Noise control
  • Railroad cars
  • Railroad tracks
  • Rapid transit
  • Vibration
  • Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-TSC-OST-72-31
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Boston (Massachusetts)
• Edition:
  Final report; October 1971-June 1972
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Dept. of Transportation. Office of the Secretary
• Abstract:
  Wayside and in-car noise and vibration characteristics of a late-model mass transit car making up 2-car and 4-car trains are tabulated and analyzed in this report. The MBTA Type 1 South Shore Rapid Transit Car, designed and built by Pullman Standard, Chicago, Illinois and currently in operation on the Red Line of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) was measured. Wayside measurements had been made by the tracks of the South Shore Extension of the Red Line 58 days after the official September 1, 1971 opening of this extension. These wayside measurements were repeated six months later. In-car noise and vibration measurements are made in a selected 2-car train on a typical run over various sections of the Red Line.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DOT-OS-207
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/8977/dot_8977_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 14.45 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c04488686eed63cf14ff147e05503758853f3ec06d52d2f1c0a627ca63ee2c4b