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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 TCRP Report 130: Shared Use of Railroad Infrastructure with Noncompliant Public Transit Rail Vehicles: A Practitioner's Guide NCHRP Synthesis 374: Preserving Freight and Passenger Rail Corridors and Service Other Related Titles NCHRP Report 657: Guidebook for Implementing Passenger Rail Service on Shared Passenger and Freight Corridors (2010) National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) 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 Bing, Alan J, Beshers, Eric W, Chavez, Megan, Simpson, David P, Horowitz, Emmanuel S, Zullig, Walter E, Transportation Research Board. "Abbreviations used without definitions in TRB publications." NCHRP Report 657: Guidebook for Implementing Passenger Rail Service on Shared Passenger and Freight Corridors. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2010. Please select a format: Page 170   E-mail Share on facebook Facebook Share on delicious Delicious Share on stumbleupon Stumble Share on twitter Twitter More Sharing ServicesMore Page 170 Front Matter (R1-R11) 1.1 Introduction (1-1) 1.2.1 Historical Background (2-3) 1.2.2 The Present Situation (4-4) 1.3.1 Scope (5-5) 1.3.2 Purpose (6-6) 1.3.3 Content (7-8) 2.1.1 Content of Section (9-9) 2.1.2 Passenger Rail Development Timeline (10-10) 2.2.2 Understanding the Railroad Industry (11-11) 2.2.4 Role of Long-Term Planning (12-12) 2.2.5 Is the Proposed Service Amtrak Intercity or Commuter? (13-15) 2.2.6 Educating Public Officials (16-17) 2.3.1 Introduction (18-19) 2.3.2 The Feasibility Study (20-21) 2.4 Substantive Negotiations (22-22) 2.4.1 Defining What the Passenger Agency Needs (23-24) 2.4.2 The Access Agreement and Infrastructure Improvements (25-27) 2.4.3 Capital and Operations and Maintenance Costs (28-28) 2.5.1 The National Liability Situation and Amtrak (29-29) 2.5.2 Non-Amtrak Passenger Rail Service Operators and Agencies (30-32) 3.2.1 Simulation and Modeling Overview (33-35) 3.2.2 Choice and Availability of Models (36-36) 3.2.3 Using Simulation and Modeling in Rail Corridor Planning and Negotiations (37-39) 3.3.1 Right-of-Way Access or Acquisition (40-40) 3.3.2 Estimating Capital Costs (41-41) 3.3.3 Sharing Infrastructure Capital Costs (42-42) 3.3.4 Rolling Stock Capital Costs (43-43) 3.3.5 Signaling and Train Control Capital Costs (44-44) 3.4.1 Overview (45-45) 3.4.2 Railroad Operations and Maintenance Cost Categories (46-47) 3.4.3 Cost-Sharing and Allocation Approaches (48-48) 3.4.4 Operations and Maintenance Cost Analysis (49-49) 3.4.5 Application to Intercity and Commuter Operations (50-51) 4.1 Introduction (52-52) 4.2 Types of Agreements Needed to Implement Passenger Rail Service (53-55) 4.2.2 Introduction to Commuter Service (56-56) 4.3.1 Introduction (57-57) 4.3.2 Inputs to and Preparations for Finalizing the Agreements (58-59) 4.3.3 Agreements between Amtrak and the Freight Railroad (60-60) 4.3.4 An Agreement between the Passenger Rail Agency and Amtrak (61-61) 4.3.5 Agreement between the Passenger Rail Agency and the Host Railroad(s) (62-63) 4.4.1 Basic Structure of a Commuter Rail Service on Shared Track (64-64) 4.4.2 Inputs to and Preparations for Finalizing Commuter Rail Operating Agreements (65-66) 4.4.3 Access Alternatives (67-68) 4.4.4 Agreement with the Host Freight Railroad (69-69) 4.4.5 Operations and Maintenance Services Agreements (70-71) 4.5.2 Minor Agreement Revisions to Provide a Limited Service Addition or Performance Improvement (72-72) 4.5.4 Managing Change with a Passenger Railroad Host and Freight Tenant (73-73) 5.1 Introduction (74-74) 5.2.1 PRIIA Requirements and FRA, STB, and Amtrak Actions on Intercity Passenger Service Quality (75-75) 5.2.3 Agreement Revisions and Updates (76-76) 5.3 Specific Approaches to Managing Amtrak Intercity Services (77-78) 5.4 Specific Approaches to Managing Commuter Services (79-79) 5.5 Case Studies in Service Management (80-82) Acts of Congress (reverse chronological order) (83-83) Federal Government Regulations and Industry Technical Standards (84-84) Capacity and Cost Analysis (85-85) Other Shared-Use Issues, Including Liability and Safety (86-86) Miscellaneous (87-88) Acronyms (89-91) Appendix A - The U.S. Railroad Industry (92-108) Appendix B - U.S. Railroad Legal and Institutional Arrangements (109-126) Appendix C - Railroad Safety Regulations (127-137) Appendix D - Case Studies of Passenger Rail Service Developments and Processes (138-169) Abbreviations used without definitions in TRB publications (170-170)

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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