Manual to Improve Rail Transit Safety at Platform/Vehicle and Platform/Guideway Interfaces
Document Type
Report
Publication Date
2017
Subject Area
mode - rail, infrastructure - vehicle, infrastructure - station, planning - safety/accidents
Keywords
Public Transportation
Abstract
TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Research Report 189: Manual to Improve Rail Transit Safety at Platform/Vehicle and Platform/Guideway Interfaces provides treatment strategies to prevent incidents and improve safety at platform/guideway and platform/vehicle interfaces. The research focused on rail transit systems with level or near level boarding where the vehicle floors are level or near level with the platform.
Rights
Permission to publish the abstract has been given by Transportation Research Board, Washington, copyright remains with them.
Recommended Citation
Hunter-Zaworski, K., Anderson, D., Rutenberg, U., Tomaszewska, E., & McConnell, J. (2017). Manual to Improve Rail Transit Safety at Platform/Vehicle and Platform/Guideway Interfaces. Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report No. 189, 91pp. Published by Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, DC
