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Suggested Citation:"Appendix 1 - Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2009. Shared Use of Railroad Infrastructure with Noncompliant Public Transit Rail Vehicles: A Practitioner's Guide. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/14220.
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AA Alternatives Analyses CFR Code of Federal Regulations DEIS Draft Environmental Impact Statement DMU Diesel Multiple Unit—a diesel powered (with either electric or mechanical transmis- sion) multiple unit self-propelled rail car. Used generically to describe any internal combustion propulsion system EBA “Eisenbahn Bundesamt”—Germany’s Federal Railway Authority, similar to the FRA. EBO “Eisenbahn—Bau—und Betriebsordnung” Metropolitan Railway Regulations (Ger- man Federal uniform urban railway regulations on construction and operation). EMU Electric Multiple Unit—a rail car that is an electrically propelled passenger vehicle des- ignated as a motor, trailer or other sub-type to comprise a train consist FE Final Engineering FEIS Final Environmental Impact Statement FRA Federal Railroad Administration FTA Federal Transit Administration LRV Light Rail Vehicle—vehicles typically used for electrically powered urban rail service MIS Major Investment Study NEPA The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 PE Preliminary Engineering SPRC Self-propelled Rail Car, a term that refers to all passenger rail cars containing their own propulsion system. Compliance with FRA structural requirements is not specified 87 A P P E N D I X 1 Abbreviations

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TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 130: Shared Use of Railroad Infrastructure with Noncompliant Public Transit Rail Vehicles: A Practitioner’s Guide examines a business case for the shared use of non-Federal Railroad Administration-compliant public transit rail vehicles (e.g., light rail vehicles) with freight operations and highlights a business model for such shared-use operations. The report also explores potential advantages and disadvantages of shared-use operations and the issues and barriers that can arise in the course of implementation.

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