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Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Sign in to download PDF book and chapters Free Resources Display this book on your site! Related Titles NCHRP Report 562: Improving Pedestrian Safety at Unsignalized Crossings TCRP Synthesis 79: Light Rail Vehicle Collisions with Vehicles at Signalized Intersections Other Related Titles TCRP Report 137: Improving Pedestrian and Motorist Safety Along Light Rail Alignments (2009) Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Citation Manager Export the bibliographic data for this book in your chosen format Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Citation Manager Masliah, Maurice, Levinson, Herbert S, Cleghorn, Don, Clavelle, Allison, Boone, Jonathan, Transportation Research Board. "Abbreviations used without definitions in TRB publications." TCRP Report 137: Improving Pedestrian and Motorist Safety Along Light Rail Alignments. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2009. Please select a format: Page 148   E-mail Share on facebook Facebook Share on delicious Delicious Share on stumbleupon Stumble Share on twitter Twitter More Sharing ServicesMore Page 148 Front Matter (R1-R11) Summary (1-7) Phase I (8-8) Phase II (9-9) Structure of Final Report (10-11) Literature Review (12-12) Telephone Consultations (13-13) Site Visits (14-14) LRT Exposure to Pedestrians and Motor Vehicles (15-16) Top LRT Safety Issues (17-18) LRT Safety Treatments (19-19) Summary (20-20) Data Collection and Transfer between FTA/NTD, SSO, and Local Transit Agencies (21-21) National Transit Database (22-22) Data Collected by NTD (23-23) The NTD Database (24-24) NTD Data Quality Issues (25-30) Analysis of the NTD Database (31-40) Purpose of SSO Agency Safety Data Collection (41-41) SSO Databases (42-42) Data Collected by Local Transit Agencies (43-44) Comparison of Databases (45-45) Comparison of Local Transit Agency and SSO Agency Databases (46-47) Comparison of Local Transit Agency and NTD Databases (48-49) Conclusion (50-51) Root Causes and Contributing Factors (52-52) Determining the Highest Risk LRT Safety Issues (53-53) Building a Safety Analysis Toolkit (54-54) General Treatment Strategies (55-55) Introduction to the Catalog of LRT Safety Treatments (56-56) LRT Safety Treatments Included in the Catalog (57-57) Safety Treatment Information Included in the Catalog (58-58) Design Stage (59-59) In-use Stage (60-60) Prepare and Submit Safety Audit Report (61-61) DoD Standard Practice for System Safety (MIL-STD-882D) (62-62) LRT Risk Assessment Checklist (63-65) Agencies with Multiple Accident Report Forms (66-66) Categories of Information Included in Accident Reports (67-69) FTA/NTD Data (70-70) Structure of Reporting Forms (71-71) Summary of Information to Be Included in the LRT Collision Database and Reporting Form (72-73) References (74-74) Appendix A - LRT Catalog of Safety Treatments (75-146) Appendix E - Review of the Accident Data Collection Process (147-147) Abbreviations used without definitions in TRB publications (148-148)

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Abbreviations and acronyms used without definitions in TRB publications: AAAE American Association of Airport Executives AASHO American Association of State Highway Officials AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials ACI­NA Airports Council International­North America ACRP Airport Cooperative Research Program ADA Americans with Disabilities Act APTA American Public Transportation Association ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials ATA Air Transport Association ATA American Trucking Associations CTAA Community Transportation Association of America CTBSSP Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program DHS Department of Homeland Security DOE Department of Energy EPA Environmental Protection Agency FAA Federal Aviation Administration FHWA Federal Highway Administration FMCSA Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration FRA Federal Railroad Administration FTA Federal Transit Administration HMCRP Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 ITE Institute of Transportation Engineers NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASAO National Association of State Aviation Officials NCFRP National Cooperative Freight Research Program NCHRP National Cooperative Highway Research Program NHTSA National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NTSB National Transportation Safety Board PHMSA Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration RITA Research and Innovative Technology Administration SAE Society of Automotive Engineers SAFETEA-LU Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (2005) TCRP Transit Cooperative Research Program TEA-21 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (1998) TRB Transportation Research Board TSA Transportation Security Administration U.S.DOT United States Department of Transportation