Track design handbook for light rail transit /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board, Transit Cooperative Research Program, United States. Federal Transit Administration, Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade & Douglas
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : Transportation Research Board, 2012.
Edition:	2nd ed.
Series:	Report (Transit Cooperative Research Program) ; 155.
Subjects:	Street-railroad tracks > United States > Handbooks, manuals, etc. Street-railroads > United States > Design and construction > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Online Access:	http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/tcrp/tcrp_rpt_155.pdf http://www.trb.org/Publications/Blurbs/166970.aspx

Description
Abstract:	TCRP report 155 provides guidelines and descriptions for the design of various common types of light rail transit (LRT) track. The track structure types include ballasted track, direct fixation ("ballastless") track, and embedded track. The report considers the characteristics and interfaces of vehicle wheels and rail, tracks and wheel gauges, rail sections, alignments, speeds, and track moduli. The report includes chapters on vehicles, alignment, track structures, track components, special track work, aerial structures/bridges, corrosion control, noise and vibration, signals, traction power, and the integration of LRT track into urban streets.
Item Description:	At head of title: Transit Cooperative Research Program.
Physical Description:	1 volume (loose-leaf in various pagings) : illustrations ; 28 cm. Also available online.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9780309258241 0309258243
ISSN:	1073-4872 ;