Rail Transit Passenger Protection

This cooperative agreement supports the research objective of Wichita State University to identify the injury mechanisms to light rail vehicle (LRV) passengers, and to propose future areas of research that will lay the foundations necessary to generate transit rail vehicle interior design guidelines that enhance the level of safety to passengers during collisions. Statistically, light rail systems have higher injury rates on a per passenger-mile basis than heavy rail and commuter rail, because light rail transit systems in most cities operate on city streets with at-grade crossings. Occupant safety is dependent on the configuration and severity of the accident, as well as the degree of crashworthiness engineered in the overall vehicle design.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Program Information: National Research Program, National Research, Engineering of Rolling Stock and Equipment - Rail

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $175000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  FTA-KS-26-7008

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Transit Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Weishun, Roy

• Performing Organizations:

  National Institute of Aviation Research (NIAR)

  Wichita State University
  Wichita, KS  United States  67260-0007
• Principal Investigators:

  Olivares, Gerardo

• Start Date: 20090300
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20110400
• Source Data: RiP Project 26194

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash injuries; Crashes; Injury rates; Light rail transit; Light rail vehicles; Passenger transportation; Public transit; Vehicle design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Passenger safety; Transit line configuration
• Subject Areas: Passenger Transportation; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01488633
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Federal Transit Administration
• Contract Numbers: FTA-KS-26-7008
• Files: RIP
• Created Date: Aug 1 2013 2:15AM