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Development and Evaluation of a Moving Map Display for Rail Applications
Author
          Liu, Andrew M. ; Oman, Charles M. ; Voelbel, Kathleen

Subject
                    High-Speed Passenger Rail,
                    Human Factors,
                    Automation

**Keywords:** CTIL; CTILWEB; Hybrid Cognitive Task Analysis; Moving Map; iPad; Heads-up Display; HUD; Situation Awareness; Safety; Human-in-the-loop Testing; Passenger Rail Service; Head-up Display
**Abstract:** This report describes the development and evaluation of a prototype real-time moving map display to support engineer situation awareness and safety performance for future U.S....
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              DOT/FRA/ORD-17/24

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    6
Apr
2015
Technical Reports
Identification of High-Speed Rail Ballast Flight Risk Factors and Risk Mitigation Strategies – Final Report
Author
          Federal Railroad Administration

Subject
                    High-Speed Passenger Rail

**Keywords:** Ballast flight; high-speed rail; intercity passenger rail; Identification of High-Speed Rail Ballast Flight Risk Factors and Risk Mitigation Strategies – Final Report
**Abstract:** The phenomenon of flying ballast is well-documented in high-speed rail operations. Displaced ballast particles from the track bed may cause damage to rolling stock as well as the...
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              DOT/FRA/ORD-15/32

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              RDI-21
    24
Oct
2012
Technical Reports
High-Speed Ground Transportation Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment
Author
          Carl E. Hanson, P.E., Jason C. Ross, P.E., and David A. Towers, P.E.

Subject
                    High-Speed Passenger Rail

**Keywords:** High-Speed Ground Transportation Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment

Report Number
              DOT/FRA/ORD-12/15

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Jul
2012
Technical Reports
North Carolina “Sealed Corridor” Phase IV Assessment – Private Crossings
Author
          Patrick Bien-Aime, Anya A. Carroll, and Marco daSilva

Subject
                    Accident Reduction,
                    Grade Crossing Modeling and Simulation,
                    High-Speed Passenger Rail,
                    Highway-Rail Grade Crossings

**Keywords:** alternative safety measures, education and enforcement, highway-rail intersections, safety, video data, violation reduction, risk assessment, private crossings
**Abstract:** This report assesses Phase IV of North Carolina's Sealed Corridor program, which closed or added warning devices to 44 private crossings from 1990 to 2008.
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              DOT/FRA/ORD-12/12

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Dec
2009
Technical Reports
High Speed Rail (HSR) in the United States
Author
          David Randall Peterman, John Frittelli, William J. Mallett

Subject
                    High-Speed Passenger Rail


**Abstract:** There are two approaches to High Speed Rail: improving existing tracks and signaling to allow trains to travel somewhat faster, typically to as much as 110 miles per hour,...
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