Safe Commuter/Light Rail in Shared Track

Develop specific designs and supporting simulation of a demonstration project on New Jersey Transit's River Line to allow comingled (shared track) operation over the same right-of-way for Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) compliant and lighter weight (non-compliant) vehicles. Research shall include the necessary design modifications, simulation, and common operating doctrine report.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Program Information: National Research Program, National Research

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $500000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  NJ-26-7025

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Transit Administration

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

  Centolanzi, Patrick

• Performing Organizations:

  SYSTRA Consulting, Incorporated

  150 Clove Road
  Little Falls, NJ  United States  07424
• Principal Investigators:

  Troup, Rob

• Start Date: 20090608
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20100608
• Source Data: RiP Project 22541

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Light rail transit; Railroad commuter service; Railroad tracks; Railroad transportation; Right of way (Traffic); Simulation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Shared track
• Geographic Terms: New Jersey
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01489207
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: NJ-26-7025
• Files: RIP
• Created Date: Aug 4 2013 1:00AM