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Special Study of Rail Rapid Transit Safety National Transportation Safety 1971
National Transportation Safety Board #71-1 Special Study of Rail Rapid Transit Safety
Report # NTSB-RSS-71-1
Stapled
28 Pages
1971 June 16th
I. Introduction 1
II. The Rail Rapid Transit Industry 2
A. Accidents 2
1. Accident Reporting 2
2. Accident Experience 3
a. Station Accidents 3
b. Collision with Persons 4
c. Highway Grade Crossings 5
d. On-board Accidents 6
e. Vandalism and Assault 8
3. Emergency Preparedness 8
B. Opportunities in a Total Safe-System Approach 9
1. Transit Car Design 11
2. Signal Systems 13
3. Vehicular Excursion and Joint Corridors 13
4. Fixed Plant Design 15
5. Maintenance Procedures 17
6. Operating Procedures 17
a. Safety Efforts 17
b. Operating Rules 18
c. Employee Training 19
C. Research and Exchange of Data 20
III. A Safety Role Under the Urban Mass Transportation Assistance Act of 1970 21
IV. Summary of Findings 24
V. Recommendations 25
Appendix A - Functional Descriptions of
Rail Rapid Transit Trade Organizations 28
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