TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine A2 - Tim Payne A2 - Danielle Rose A2 - Hazel Scher TI - Integrating Passenger Ferry Service with Mass Transit DO - 10.17226/22624 PY - 2013 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/22624/integrating-passenger-ferry-service-with-mass-transit PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 102: Integrating Passenger Ferry Service with Mass Transit examines the integration between land- and water-based transit systems and explores successful aspects of seamless integration. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine A2 - Katharine Hunter-Zaworski, K.M. Hunter-Zaworski, LLC TI - Escalator Falls DO - 10.17226/25899 PY - 2020 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25899/escalator-falls PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - Escalator falls are a significant concern for risk management staff at airports and in mass transit systems. The major differences between the airport and transit environments are the amount of baggage carried onto the escalator and the level of unfamiliarity of people with the escalator environment in airports.The TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program's ACRP Synthesis 109: Escalator Falls identifies and describes methods to mitigate risks associated with escalator usage.Risk management professionals from both the airport and transit environments have expressed interest in developing common reporting schemes and more robust data analysis to identify common causes of escalator falls. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine A2 - Sasha Page A2 - Bill Bishop A2 - Waiching Wong TI - Guide to Value Capture Financing for Public Transportation Projects DO - 10.17226/23682 PY - 2016 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/23682/guide-to-value-capture-financing-for-public-transportation-projects PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) has released Research Report 190: Guide to Value Capture Financing for Public Transportation Projects. Value capture is the public recovery of a portion of increased property and other value created as a result of public infrastructure investment. The report identifies the requirements necessary for successful value creation through transportation infrastructure investment and capturing a portion of that value through specific value capture mechanisms. It includes six case studies that provide practical examples of successful value capture from public transportation investments. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Research Council TI - Fires in Mass Transit Vehicles: Guide for the Evaluation of Toxic Hazards SN - DO - 10.17226/1869 PY - 1991 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/1869/fires-in-mass-transit-vehicles-guide-for-the-evaluation-of PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Space and Aeronautics AB - Noteworthy progress has been made recently toward understanding and quantifying the smoke toxicity factors involved in fire hazard assessment. Such progress has led to increased attention to the significance of fire growth parameters for toxic hazard. Methodology has been proposed to use fire test data, including information on the toxic potency of smoke in engineering calculations for the assessment of overall fire hazard. Confidence in the methodology may evolve from comparison with full-scale fire tests as well as from human fire fatality experience. This report addresses fire modeling, fire testing, smoke toxicity testing, fire hazard assessment, and fire risk assessment. In the assessment of potential toxic hazards in the event of fires in mass transit vehicles, the report concludes that selection of candidate materials should be based on analyses using both toxicological and engineering considerations. ER - TY - BOOK TI - Engineers at Work DO - 10.17226/21030 PY - 1968 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21030/engineers-at-work PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - KW - Industry and Labor ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine TI - Transportation Professionals: Future Needs and Opportunities -- Special Report 207 SN - DO - 10.17226/11362 PY - 1985 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11362/transportation-professionals-future-needs-and-opportunities-special-report-207 PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB Special Report 207: Transportation Professionals: Future Needs and Opportunities Aware assesses future professional needs in highway and mass transit agencies in federal, state, and local government. This study also examines the role of consulting firms in satisfying the future professional requirements of highway and transit agencies.A large number of professionals who entered highway and mass transit organizations during the past 30 years are expected to retire soon, particularly those who helped build the nation's Interstate system. Unless there is careful planning, this loss of professional capability could impair the ability of these agencies to maintain the nations's transportation system effectively. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine TI - Transit Security Update DO - 10.17226/23058 PY - 2008 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/23058/transit-security-update PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 80: Transit Security Update explores transit-related counterterrorism and anti-crime security measures and practices; examines crime and security incident trends; and highlights other related topics, including major issues and obstacles to security and policing management. The report is an update to TCRP Synthesis of Transit Practice 21: Improving Transit Security, which did not address terrorism. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine TI - Developing and Implementing a Transit Advertising Policy DO - 10.17226/22932 PY - 2010 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/22932/developing-and-implementing-a-transit-advertising-policy PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Legal Research Digest 33: Developing and Implementing a Transit Advertising Policy provides information pertaining to transit systems’ use of various strategies to implement advertising content policies that further the system’s reasonable interests and protect free speech rights. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine A2 - Subasish Das A2 - Nusrat Fahmida Trisha A2 - Ipek N. Sener A2 - Michael Walk TI - Uses of Social Media in Public Transportation DO - 10.17226/26451 PY - 2022 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26451/uses-of-social-media-in-public-transportation PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - A high percentage of transit agencies believe social media is important for increasing ridership, improving customer satisfaction, and improving agency image.The TRB Transit Cooperative Research Program's TCRP Synthesis 156: Uses of Social Media in Public Transportation updates 2012's TCRP Synthesis 99: Uses of Social Media in Public Transportation and again explores the use of social media among transit agencies. It documents innovative and effective practices in the United States and Canada. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine A2 - Maxine Marshall A2 - John F. Potts TI - Sub-allocating FTA Section 5307 Funding Among Multiple Recipients in Metropolitan Areas DO - 10.17226/22349 PY - 2014 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/22349/sub-allocating-fta-section-5307-funding-among-multiple-recipients-in-metropolitan-areas PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 113: Sub-allocating FTA Section 5307 Funding Among Multiple Recipients in Metropolitan Areas documents the approaches, methodologies, and practices for the sub-allocation of U.S. Federal Transit Administration Section 5307 Formula Funds in urbanized areas of multiple types and sizes.Section 5307 formula funds are the primary source of financial support for public transportation capital projects including vehicle, facility, and equipment purchases; preventive maintenance; and other eligible expenses. The report also summarizes practices for fund distribution to help regions interested in developing a distribution practice or altering their current methodology. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine TI - Video Surveillance Uses by Rail Transit Agencies DO - 10.17226/14564 PY - 2011 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/14564/video-surveillance-uses-by-rail-transit-agencies PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 90: Video Surveillance Uses by Rail Transit Agencies explores the current use of electronic video surveillance technology solely by passenger rail agencies onboard railcars, along rights-of-way, and more. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine A2 - Barbara Thomson A2 - Iliana Matos A2 - Joseph Previdi TI - Onboard Camera Applications for Buses DO - 10.17226/23554 PY - 2016 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/23554/onboard-camera-applications-for-buses PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 123: Onboard Camera Applications for Buses explores the current technologies, research, and opportunities for use. The report also provides examples of how surveillance systems are used to improve operations, safety, security, training, and customer satisfaction. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine A2 - Amy Pettine A2 - Eryn Rosenblum A2 - Brian Manford TI - Fare Capping: Balancing Revenue and Equity Impacts DO - 10.17226/26510 PY - 2022 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26510/fare-capping-balancing-revenue-and-equity-impacts PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - Transit agencies in the United States are beginning to experiment with fare caps to ensure that passengers who pay for single rides do not pay more than multiple-ride passes included in their fare structure.The TRB Transit Cooperative Research Program's TCRP Synthesis 160: Fare Capping: Balancing Revenue and Equity Impacts includes a review of the literature; a survey of 35 North American transit agencies that have recently considered implementing, are in the planning stages of implementing, or have implemented fare capping; and detailed case examples for five transit agencies that provide greater insight into the motivations, program designs, implementations, and lessons learned. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine A2 - Larry W. Thomas TI - Transit Agency Intergovernmental Agreements: Common Issues and Solutions DO - 10.17226/22676 PY - 2012 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/22676/transit-agency-intergovernmental-agreements-common-issues-and-solutions PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Legal Research Digest 42: Transit Agency Intergovernmental Agreements: Common Issues and Solutions explores transit-related issues that have the potential to require intensive and time-consuming negotiations related to the development of intergovernmental agreements (IOMs) and memoranda of understandings (MOUs).The print version of the digest includes a CD-ROM with approximately 119 example IOMs and MOUs, and a checklist of items to follow when developing agreements.The CD-ROM is also available for download from TRB’s website as an ISO image. Links to the ISO image and instructions for burning a CD-ROM from an ISO image are provided below.Help on Burning an .ISO CD-ROM ImageDownload the .ISO CD-ROM Image(Warning: This is a large file and may take some time to download using a high-speed connection.)CD-ROM Disclaimer - This software is offered as is, without warranty or promise of support of any kind either expressed or implied. Under no circumstance will the National Academy of Sciences or the Transportation Research Board (collectively "TRB") be liable for any loss or damage caused by the installation or operation of this product. TRB makes no representation or warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, in fact or in law, including without limitation, the warranty of merchantability or the warranty of fitness for a particular purpose, and shall not in any case be liable for any consequential or special damages. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine TI - A Guide to Transportation's Role in Public Health Disasters DO - 10.17226/13944 PY - 2006 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/13944/a-guide-to-transportations-role-in-public-health-disasters PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 525: Surface Transportation Security, Volume 10: A Guide to Transportation's Role in Public Health Disasters examines development of transportation response options to an extreme event involving chemical, biological, or radiological agents. The report contains technical information on chemical, biological, and radiological threats, including vulnerabilities of the transportation system to these agents and consequence-minimization actions that may be taken within the transportation system in response to events that involve these agents. The report also includes a spreadsheet tool, called the Tracking Emergency Response Effects on Transportation (TERET), that is designed to assist transportation managers with recognition of mass-care transportation needs and identification and mitigation of potential transportation-related criticalities in essential services during extreme events. The report includes a user’s manual for TERET, as well as a PowerPoint slide introduction to chemical, biological, and radiological threat agents designed as an executive-level communications tool based on summary information from the report..NCHRP Report 525: Surface Transportation Security is a series in which relevant information is assembled into single, concise volumes—each pertaining to a specific security problem and closely related issues. The volumes focus on the concerns that transportation agencies are addressing when developing programs in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the anthrax attacks that followed. Future volumes of the report will be issued as they are completed.The National Academies has prepared, in cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security, fact sheets on biological, chemical, nuclear, and radiological terrorist attacks. They were designed primarily for reporters as part of the project News and Terrorism: Communicating in a Crisis, though they will be helpful to anyone looking for a clear explanation of the fundamentals of science, engineering, and health related to such attacks. TRB is a division of the National Academies, which include the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine TI - Security-Related Customer Communications and Training for Public Transportation Providers DO - 10.17226/23373 PY - 2004 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/23373/security-related-customer-communications-and-training-for-public-transportation-providers PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 86: Public Transportation Security, Volume 5: Security-Related Customer Communications and Training for Public Transportation Providers is designed to provide improved tools for security-related customer communications and training. This report is in electronic format on CRP-CD-43. The CD contains a 15-minute video on the importance of training for transit emergencies, a PowerPoint overview of the report, the final report in portable document format (pdf), and templates of communication devices.The TCRP Report 86: Public Transportation Security series assembles relevant information into single, concise volumes, each pertaining to a specific security problem and closely related issues. These volumes focus on the concerns that transit agencies are addressing when developing programs in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the anthrax attacks that followed. Future volumes of the report will be issued as they are completed.Help on Burning an .ISO CD-ROM ImageDownload CRP-CD-43 .ISO ImageDownload the 15-minute .mov video ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine TI - Transit Passengers and Civil Rights DO - 10.17226/23306 PY - 2005 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/23306/transit-passengers-and-civil-rights PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Legal Research Digest 20: Transit Passengers and Civil Rights examines how measures used by transit agencies to protect transit passengers intersect with constitutionally protected rights. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board TI - TCRP Synthesis of Transit Practice 14: Innovative Suburb-to-Suburb Transit Practices DO - 10.17226/9540 PY - 1995 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9540/tcrp-synthesis-of-transit-practice-14-innovative-suburb-to-suburb PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine A2 - Donna Vlasic TI - Synthesis of Information Related to Transit Problems: 2015 DO - 10.17226/22232 PY - 2015 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/22232/synthesis-of-information-related-to-transit-problems-2015 PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Research Results Digest 110: Synthesis of Information Related to Transit Problems is a digest of the progress and status of TCRP Project J-7, “Synthesis of Information Related to Transit Problems,” for which the Transportation Research Board is the agency conducting the research. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine A2 - Jon Williams TI - Synthesis of Information Related to Transit Problems: 2014 DO - 10.17226/22078 PY - 2014 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/22078/synthesis-of-information-related-to-transit-problems-2014 PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Research Results Digest 108: Synthesis of Information Related to Transit Problems is a digest of the progress and status of TCRP Project J-7, “Synthesis of Information Related to Transit Problems,” for which the Transportation Research Board is the agency conducting the research. ER -