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Section 106 Consulting Parties Meeting

Meeting Agenda: 1. Welcome 2. Introductions 3. “How we got here” & Project overview 4. Section 106 process and proposed approach for WUS Expansion Project 5. Coordination of Section 106 and NEPA/EIS 6. Moving Forward: Discuss schedule for consulting parties’ participation 7. Questions...

The Federal Railroad Administration’s LiDAR-Based Automated Grade Crossing Survey System

FRA’s Office of Research, Development and Technology (RD&T) has developed and deployed a LiDAR-based system on its DOTX 218 research vehicle (see Figure 1) that creates accurate, high-density point clouds of track and surrounding area in and around grade crossings at survey speeds of up to...

Innovative Concepts and Technology for Railroad-Highway Grade Crossing Motorist Warning Systems. Volume I. Overview and Concept Generation and Analysis

The document includes a general review of innovative conceptual and technical approaches to train-activated motorist warning systems for use at railroad-highway grade crossings, and also contains a specific report describing a study directed toward the generation, analysis and evaluation of...

Handbook for Railroad Track Stabilization Using Lime Slurry Pressure Injection

This handbook includes chapters dealing with the technology of lime injection, surface and subsurface soil exploration and laboratory testing, environmental considerations and safety precautions. In addition, there are appendices which provide state-of-the-art specifications for lime slurry...

A Bibliography on Rail Technology

The rail technology review provides assistance to a number of rail technology programs initiated by the Transportation Systems Center (TSC) for the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). The results of a search and review in four specific areas in the field of rail technology are presented in the...

Probability of Detection Evaluation Results for Railroad Tank Car Nondestructive Testing

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI), and rail industry participants have performed probability of detection (POD) assessments to evaluate nondestructive testing (NDT) technologies, which are prescribed by Title 49 of the Code of Federal...

Technical Feasibility Study of Railroad Electrification with High Voltage (10-50 kV) Direct Current

High-voltage (10-50 kV), direct-current (HVDC) power distribution may prove to be an economically and technically attractive option for railroad electrification. There may be potential economic advantages in both wayside installation and operation, and in the propulsion equipment aboard the rolling...

Measurement Plan for the Characterization of the Load Environment for Cross Ties and Fasteners

This report was prepared as part of the Improved Track Structures Research Program sponsored by the Office of Rail Safety Research of the Federal Railroad Administration. The report is a planning document for a track measurement program to obtain data on the service loads and reactions of cross...

Written Statement: Field Hearing on the Continued Oversight of California High Speed Rail

Over recent years, much attention has been paid to the urgent need for the United States to modernize its transportation system in order to move our country forward in a mobile, knowledge-based economy. Congress rightfully recognized that to achieve this goal, our transportation system must include...

Oral Statement: Field Hearing on the Continued Oversight of California High -Speed Rail

With California’s growing population, the state was understandably focused on building out a high-speed rail system that would serve its growing communities … because two railroad tracks can carry as many travelers in an hour as 16 lanes of a congested freeway.

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