Assessment of the Benefits and Costs Associated with the Adoption of the Recommended Fire Safety Practices for Rail Transit Materials Selection

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• Alternative Title:
  Assessment of the Benefits and Cost Associated with the Adoption of the Recommended Fire Safety Practices for Rail Transit Materials Selection
• Creators:
  Hathaway, W.T. ; Flores, A.
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Analysis
  • Benefit cost analysis
  • Costs
  • Fire resistant materials
  • Fires
  • Light rail transit
  • Materials selection
  • Railroad transportation
  • Rapid transit
  • Safety
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FTA-MA-06-0098-81-3 ; DOT-TSC-UMTA-81-59 ; DTS-65
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final report; October 1979-February 1980
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration
• Abstract:
  This report presents the results of an assessment of the benefits and costs associated with the adoption of Recommended Fire Safety Practices for Rail Transit Materials Selection for rapid rail transit and light rail transit vehicles. The potential benefits to accrue are identified and discussed. Changes in vehicle construction costs are calculated using several methods of analysis. The Recommended Fire Safety Practices are presented in Appendix A.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/9078/dot_9078_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.74 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:3099c2f16df69f4cc60a5233b539db9991d2ca345c5c605994186ce090d74394