Rail Transit Track Inspection Practices

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

doi:10.17226/22394

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Rail Transit Track Inspection Practices

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TRBs Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 107: TCRP Synthesis 107, Rail Transit Track Inspection Practices offers information across a range of older and newer U.S. rail transit agencies on track inspection practices and policies.

Since there are no actual rail track safety or maintenance standards promulgated for transit, this report is designed to help to provide rail transit agencies with information that might help it develop its own set of track safety and maintenance standards.

Issues addressed in the report include agency staffing, agency organization and characteristics, track inspection program criteria, training and certification, procurement, and track safety practices.

Contributor(s): National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Transportation Research Board; Transit Cooperative Research Program; John F. Zuspan

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2013. Rail Transit Track Inspection Practices. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/22394.

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50 pages | 8.5 x 11 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/22394

Chapters		skim
Front Matter	i-vii
Summary	1-2
Chapter One - Introduction	3-6
Chapter Two - Major Associations and Agencies Affiliated with the Rail Transit Industry	7-8
Chapter Three - Case Examples	9-10
Chapter Four - Survey Results	11-21
Chapter Five - Conclusions	22-23
References	24-24
Appendix A - Survey Questionnaire	25-30
Appendix B - Questionnaires Sent to the Following Agencies	31-31
Appendix C - Congressional Hearing Statement by the Administrator of the FTA	32-34
Appendix D - FTA Track Safety Standards	35-40
Appendix E - APTA/FRA Track Safety Standards and Some Maintenance Standards	41-45
Appendix F - Explanation of Standards	46-51

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