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High Speed Rail: Cost of Compliance for Noise Mitigation Procedures
This report includes the results of follow-on research related to high speed rail noise. The earlier study, entitled High Speed Rail Noise Standards and Regulations, surveyed noise standards and regulations currently in place within the US, EU, Japan, and China as well as methods employed to...
Comparison of Noise for TRAin STandards
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High Speed Rail: Cost of Compliance for Noise Mitigation ProceduresFouled Ballast Waiver Operations and Results
Current regulations require locations of noncompliant ballast to be remediated within 30 days or to be taken out of service, regardless of track class. In 2013, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) applied for a waiver to the current regulations that proposed a track class specific...
Concrete Tie Performance in Degraded Track Conditions
FRA and RailTEC at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign examined the performance of degraded concrete crossties installed on U.S. high-speed rail and joint passenger/freight rail corridors. Research showed that center binding conditions often led to flexural cracks in concrete...