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Draft Guidance for Implementing the Optional Property-Based Approach to Exempting Consideration of Effects to Rail Properties within Rail Rights-of-Way under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act

The purpose of this Guidance is to provide instruction and examples for evaluating rail properties for potential designation as excluded historic rail properties; describe the process by which a Project Sponsor may propose excluded historic rail properties to a USDOT OA, including early...

Effect of Anti-Trespass Guard Panels on Pedestrian Behavior

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center), under the direction of DOT’s Federal Railroad Administration Office of Research, Development and Technology, conducted a research study that evaluated the effectiveness of anti-...

Tank Car Vent and Burn Process Study: Phase I

The Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI), under Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA) Hazmat Transportation Safety Research and Development Strategic Plan, conducted a study of vent and bum as a method of hazardous materials incident mitigation. The purpose of the study was to develop...

Tank Car Vent and Burn Process Study: Phase II

The Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI), under the Federal Railroad Administration's Hazmat Transportation Safety Research and Development Strategic Plan, conducted a study of vent and burn as a method of hazardous materials incident mitigation. The purpose of the study was to develop...

Accident Severity Prediction Formula for Rail-Highway Crossings

This report describes the development of formulas which predict the severity of accidents at public rail-highway crossings. They employ the previously developed DOT accident prediction formula, U.S. DOT-AAR National Rail-Highway Crossing Inventory, and the FRA accident files. With these new...

National Railroad-Highway Crossing Inventory : Update Manual

The purpose of this manual is to establish a set of procedures that will provide an- up.to-date and accurate database for: 1. A National Railroad-Highway Crossing Information enter (the Center) data file to be maintained by the Federal Railroad Administration. 2. Data files maintained by each...