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Title	Safety of high-speed guided ground transportation systems : collision avoidance and accident survivability : volume 2 : collision avoidance
Record ID	22367
Personal Name Creator	Harrison, John
Corporate Contributor	Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
Publisher	Federal Railroad Administration (U.S. Department of Transportation)
Publication Date	19930300
Abstract	This report is the second of four volumes concerned with developing safety guidelines and specifications for high-speed guided ground transportation (HSGGT) collision avoidance and accident survivability. The overall approach taken in this study is to first formulate collision scenarios to which an HSGGT system may be exposed. Then existing U.S. and foreign rules, regulations, standards, and practices concerned with either preventing the occurrence of a collision, or mitigating the consequences of a collision are reviewed, together with pertinent practices from other forms of transportation, leading to the formulation of guidelines and specifications for collision avoidance and accident survivability. The volume, addressing collision avoidance, describes the features of signal and train control systems used in existing high-speed rail, conventional rail and mass transit systems, and other measures to prevent collisions such as prevention of right-of-way intrusions. A description is provided of the interaction between collision avoidance system characteristics and capabilities, and HSGGT system capacity and reliability. Finally, guidelines are developed for collision avoidance systems to be applied to HSGGT systems in the United States. (133 p.)
TRT Terms	High speed ground transportation ; High speed trains ; Collision avoidance systems ; Safety engineering ; Magnetic levitation vehicles ; Railroad safety ; Railroad signals ; Railroad grade crossings ; Railroad accidents ; Survival
General Subjects	Accident survivability; High speed guided ground transportation (HSGGT); Maglev
Classification	NTL - RAIL TRANSPORTATION - RAIL TRANSPORTATION; NTL - RAIL TRANSPORTATION - High Speed Ground Transportation; NTL - RAIL TRANSPORTATION - Rail Safety
Geographical Coverage	United States
TRIS Online Accession No	00646989
Report Number	DOT/FRA/ORD-93/02.2
Resource type	Research Paper
URL	http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/22000/22300/22367/ord9302_2.pdf
Format	PDF
Language:	English
Database	NTL Digital Repository