Tests have been conducted on the Bombardier back-to-back commuter rail seat in a facing-seat configuration to evaluate its performance under static and dynamic loading conditions. Quasi-static tests have been conducted to establish the load-deflection characteristics and failure mechanisms of the seat. Dynamic tests have also been conducted with 50th and 95th percentile male, and 5th percentile female instrumented Hybrid III anthropometric test devices (ATDs) to evaluate the collision performance of the seatand a table, and to verify analytical simulation models of the seat/occupant. Reasonable agreement between analytical predictions and dynamic test results was found, given the variability in the stiffness of the seats under different loading conditions.

The Public Education and Enforcement Research Study (PEERS) was a collaborative effort between the Federal Railroad Administration, the Illinois Commerce Commission, and local communities in the State of Illinois. The purpose of the project was to promote safety at highwayrail intersections by reducing incidents, injuries, and fatalities through new technologies and methodologies. The role of the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center was to monitor and evaluate highway-rail intersections in Illinois communities using video data collection while the communities conducted education and enforcement campaigns. The data collection and analysis efforts focused on three highway-rail intersections in Arlington Heights, IL. The effectiveness of the programs was determined by counting the number of motorists and pedestrians that violated the crossing warning devices during three project phases. These violations were divided into three types based on highway-user assumed risk. The crossings in Arlington Heights saw an overall reduction in violations from the pre-test to the post-test of 30.7 percent. The largest reduction, 71.4 percent, occurred in the most risky type of violation, type III. Pedestrians most often committed these types of violations. At the crossing with an adjacent commuter rail station, a reduction of 76.3 percent occurred in the most risky pedestrian violations. Overall, highway-user behavior changed for the safer during the study, and pedestrians, especially commuters, were the most affected by the PEERS programs.

Aircraft Engines and Systems is issued for information, standardization of instruction, and guidance to instructors and student in Naval Avation Schools Command as well as for reference during Naval Aviation Training Commands

The National Transportation Safety Board is an independent agency charged with determining the probable cause of transportation accidents and promoting transportation safety. The Board investigates accidents, conducts safety studies, evaluates the effectiveness of other government agencies' programs for preventing transportation accidents, and reviews the appeals of enforcement actions involving airman and seaman certificates issues by the Federal Aviation Administration and the U.S. Coast Guard and civil penalty actions taken by the FAA.

It's tough being a Senior Citizen without a car. Travel with me as we visit fun, low cost, and free places in the Palm Beach County area. We'll travel using low cost and free transportation from Palm Tran bus and Tri Rail trains.

The pictures in this book are part of a unique collection of approximately 1,400 slides taken by the author of the Third Avenue El demolition in The Bronx in the 1970's with a few from 2005. These pictures were being made available for the 40th anniversary of the el closing in April 1973. The companion volumes to this book are The Third Avenue El Demolition in the Bronx - 149th Street to Tremont Avenue and The Third Avenue El Demolition in the Bronx - Tremont Avenue to Gun Hill Road, both published in 2012. These books will not only appeal to train fans but to fans of autos, buses, the 1970's, Bronx and New York history. Michael Fusco is a New York City based nature, botanical and weather photographer. His images appeared in the publications of the New York Botanical Garden, Brooklyn Botanic Garden and Shutterbug Magazine.

A reference for Rescue Leaders and Team Commanders when preparing for the evacuation of a major passenger ropeway.

The National Automotive Sampling System (NASS) Crashworthiness Data System (CDS) is a nationwide crash data collection program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation. It is operated by the National Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA) of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

The Northeast Florida Rural Transportation Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) project is a demonstration of ITS deployment in five rural Community Transportation Coordinator (CTC) agencies. The objective of the project is to test and evaluate the effectiveness of technologies including Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Global Positioning Satellite (GPS)-based Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) systems, mobility management software applications (RouteLogic, MapInfo, etc), Mobile Data Terminals (MDTs), and electronic applications (email, web-based information) for rural transportation operations.

The Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) State Safety Oversight Rule (49 CFR Part 659) requires oversight for all rail transitagencies in revenue operation after January 1, 1997. This report summarizes activities performed to implement the State SafetyOversight Program during Calendar Year 2000. This report is a compilation and analysis of rail fixed guideway system accident and crime statistics. Information provided by State Oversight Agencies documenting the safety and security performance of the railtransit industry in 2000 is presented, including a discussion of the probable causes of accidents and unacceptable hazardous conditions.

This interim report to Congress summarizes the progress and initial results of the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) and the four pilot communities' participation in the Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program (NTPP) from its inception through May 2007. Section 1807 of the Safe, Accountable Flexible Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), P.L. 109-59, established the NTPP in August 2005. Over the span of 4 years, the legislation provides $25 million in contract authority for each of the NTPP's four pilot communities (Columbia, Missouri; Marin County, California; Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Sheboygan County, Wisconsin) "to construct ... a network of nonmotorized transportation infrastructure facilities, including sidewalks, bicycle lanes, and pedestrian and bicycle trails, that connect directly with transit stations, schools, residences, businesses, recreation areas, and other community activity centers."

A web-based study assessed pilots' ability to learn and remember traffic symbols that may be shown on a Cockpit Display of Traffic Information (CDTI). These displays convey data obtained from Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS B) and related Aircraft Surveillance Applications System (ASAS) technologies, as well as other surveillance data sources. Three aspects of using the traffic symbols were evaluated: intuitiveness, ease of learning, and ease of remembering the symbols. Four symbol sets were tested, each with approximately 22 symbols. Each participant saw only one of the four symbol sets. The sets used different visual features of the traffic symbol to represent the Directionality, Data Quality, Air/Ground State, Alert Level, Selection State, and Pairing State of nearby aircraft.

This is the 2002 FARS coding and validation manual presented by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

The Volpe Center Acoustics Facility, in support of theFederal Highway Administration(FHWA), investigatedthe implementation of pavement effects inthe FHWA Traffic Noise Model (TNM). Three options were considered, resulting in the recommendation of two options: 1) implementation of user-defined pavement-specific emission levels (REMELs), with proof of adequate data; and 2) implementation of on-board sound intensity (OBSI)-adjusted tire/pavement noise source levels, implemented as a large database in the FHWA TNM and also as a user-defined option. Each option would also include adjusting for the pavement sound absorption by applying pavement-specific effective flow resistivity (EFR) values.

The Petersburg National Battlefield (PETE) Alternative Transportation Feasibility Study investigates alternative solutions to several transportation problems affecting the park today. PETE consists of four jurisdictions: Grant's Headquarters at City Point, Eastern Front, Western Front, and Five Forks Battlefield. Comprising 2,659 acres of land interspersed among two cities and two counties in southeast Virginia, PETE's current transportation problems include site-specific access issues, wayfinding and navigational challenges, and inefficient transportation-based interpretive programs.

In support of the U.S Department of Transportation's (DOT) National Strategy to Reduce Congestion on America's Transportation Network, the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) Office of Natural and Human Environment (HEPN) and Office of Transportation Management (HOTM) sought assistance from The Volpe National Transportation Systems Center to explore attitudes about congestion pricing.For this exploratory study, focus groups were convened in Northern Virginia and Philadelphia among the general public, business owners and managers, and owners and managers of shipping and transportation logistics firms. The purpose of these focus groups was to obtain feedback on a specific congestion pricing scenario and to better understand the public's concerns regarding congestion pricing. A secondary purpose was to learn more about how to communicate with the public on the topic of congestion pricing.

As part of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) initiative towards affordable flight simulators for U.S. commuter airlines, this study empirically examined the effect of six-degree-of-freedom simulator platform motion on recurrent pilot training and evaluation in the presence of a wide field-of-view visual system. Sound scientific data on the relationship between the motion requirement and its effect on the transfer of pilot performance/behavior to and from the airplane is all the more important given that the FAA may mandate the use of simulators for airline pilot training and evaluation. The study addressed the question of whether the motion provided by an FAA qualified Level C simulator affects 1) pilot performance/behavior and instructor grading criteria during First Look evaluation,2) the courseof Trainingin the simulator, and 3) the Transfer of skills acquired during Training in the simulator with or without motion to the simulator with motion as a stand-in for the airplane. Every effort was made to avoid deficiencies in the research design identified in a review of prior studies, by measuring pilot stimulation andresponse, testing both maneuvers and pilots that are diagnosticof a need of motion, avoiding pilot and instructor bias, and ensuring sufficient statistical powerto capture operationally relevant effects.

This report describes engineering studies that were conducted to examine thedeformation behavior of flat, welded steelsandwich panels under two quasi-static loading conditions: (1) uniaxial compression;and (2) bending with an indenter.Testingand analysisare conducted to studythe force-displacement response of sandwich structures with different core geometries: (1) pipe or tubular cores with outer diameters equal to 2, 3, and 5 in;(2) a 2-inchsquare diamond core;and (3) adouble corrugated core called an X-corewith a 5-inchcore height.Deformation and local collapse modes of sandwich panels under these loading conditions are also studied. Moreover, the work described in this report represents basic researchto investigate the concept of applying welded steel sandwich structures as a means to offer protection to railroad tankcars-especially those carrying hazardous materials-in the event of an accident