NTL Record

Title Vibration Level Data Brighton-New York City Transit Authority
Record ID 47227
Personal Name
Creator
Rickley, Edward J.; Rice, Norman E.
Source 54p. in various pagings
Corporate Creator John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration
Publisher John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
Publication Date 19800831
Language English
Abstract This report documents the results of a vibration measurement program conducted on 14-15 August 1980 in the Midwood Section of Brooklyn, New York, next to the tracks of the Brighton Line of the New York City Transit Authority. The test was conducted by the Transportation Systems Center (TSC) for the Urban Mass Transportation Administration. The purpose of this test was to expand the data base being developed by the TSC for the prediction of ground-borne noise and vibration from nearby transit systems. A two-story home of a private citizen at 1546 East 16th Street in Brooklyn, was instrumented with six vibration transducers in several of the rooms and on the outside patio in order to obtain a measure of the ground and structural vibration levels resulting from the passby of rapid transit trains on the nearby tracks. This house was built on the old roadbed of the Long Island Railroad in 1943 and stands approximately 30 feet from the near track of the four-track right-of-way of the Brighton Line.
Rosap ID dot:9798
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/9798
TRT Terms Environmental impacts; Noise; Vibration; Vibrometers; Rapid transit; Dwellings; Instrumentation; Transducers; Railroad facilities; Multiple track
General Subjects Vibration; Ground-borne; Structural
Classification AGR - IMPACTS - Environment;
NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Transit Energy and Environment;
NTL - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT - Environment Impacts;
NTL - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT - Transit Energy and Environment
Geographical
Coverage
New York Metropolitan Area
Contract Number UM149/R1708
Report Number DOT-TSC-UMTA-81-7; UMTA-MA-06-0099-81-2
Availability Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference Center
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/47000/47200/47227/DOT-TSC-UMTA-81-7.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository