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Service-Level Draft Environmental Impact Statement

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), along with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), is preparing this environmental impact statement (EIS) to evaluate intercity passenger rail service alternatives for the Texas-Oklahoma Passenger Rail Program (Program), extending from Oklahoma...

Initial Development of Alternatives Technical Memorandum Appendix B

This memo describes the process used to develop the screening criteria that will be used to establish the set of alternatives to be carried forward into the Service‐level Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Texas‐ Oklahoma Passenger Rail Study (TOPRS). The major products associated with...

Texas-Oklahoma Passenger Rail Program Scoping Report Appendix A

The 850-mile Texas-Oklahoma Passenger Rail Program (Program) corridor extends from Oklahoma City in the north through Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, and San Antonio to destinations in south Texas, which is the region south of San Antonio, including the cities of Corpus Christi and Laredo and the...

Advanced Component Testing: Kaskasia Handbrake Test.

The evaluation of a prototype remote operation handbrake showed that it can be installed on a car with only minor modifications to connect the air. This prototype did not set the emergency during any of the testing performed. The operation of the prototype worked as specified by the manufacturer.

LNG Safety Assessment Evaluation Methods

Sandia National Laboratories evaluated published safety assessment methods across a variety of industries including Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), hydrogen, land and marine transportation, as well as the US Department of Defense (DOD). All the methods were evaluated for their potential applicability...