| Title | Proceedings of the Urban Rail Vehicle Crashworthiness Workshop Held at Cambridge, Massachusetts on April 13-14, 1978 |
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| Record ID | 50240 |
| Personal Name Creator |
Madigan, Ronald J.; Chen, M. M. |
| Source | 272p. in various pagings |
| Corporate Creator | Pacific Consulting Group |
| Corporate Contributor |
John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.); United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration |
| Publisher | United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration |
| Publication Date | 19791001 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | The first part of the document contains the research activities presented by the Calspan Corporation, Boeing Vertol Company, and Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute; transit authority experience by Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) of New York, Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), and New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA); and the manufacturing industry experience by the Budd Company, Franco-Belge (France), and Boeing Vertol. The second part contains the proceedings from the two workshops, namely, crashworthiness and rail car design and test and evaluation; and the concluding remarks from the Office of Safety and Product Qualification (UMTA), and from the Transit Systems Branch (TSC). The major recommendations from the group fall into two categories: (1) The need for (industry-wide) vehicle design engineering guidelines including structural criteria and passenger compartment criteria; and (2) The need for validating these criteria through programs of test and evaluation. |
| Rosap ID | dot:11633 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/11633 |
| TRT Terms | Crashworthiness; Evaluation; Industries; Meetings; Railroad transportation; Rapid transit; Rapid transit cars; Safety; Structural design; Technology; Tests; Urban transportation; Vehicle design; Vehicles |
| Classification | NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Rail Safety; NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - SAFETY AND SECURITY; NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Vehicle Design; NTL - RAIL TRANSPORTATION - Rail Safety; NTL - RAIL TRANSPORTATION - RAIL TRANSPORTATION |
| Geographical Coverage |
Massachusetts |
| Contract Number | DOT-TSC-1511 |
| Report Number | DOT-TSC-UMTA-79-34; UMTA-MA-06-0025-79-9 |
| Resource type | Tech Report |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/50000/50200/50240/DOT-VNTSC-UMTA-79-34.pdf |
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| Database | NTL Digital Repository |