Light rail vehicle

After the successful introduction of the hybrid concept into bus structures, modular sandwich design has been applied in the design of light rail vehicles such as metros and tramcars [2]. Again, the overall production costs were the... 

Light-rail vehicles blocking street/road and pedestrian crosswalk areas at crossing points... 

Mass transportation is any kind of transportation system in which large numbers of people are carried within a single vehicle or combination of vehicles. Airplanes, railways, buses, trolleys, light rail systems, and subways are examples of mass transportation systems. The term mass transit is commonly used as a synonym for mass transportation. 

Light rail system—Transportation systems in which vehicles move along railway tracks on vehicles that are significantly smaller and lighter than traditional railroad cars. 

Transportation systems can be categorized into modes defined by the type of inliastructure needed to run them. Buses, for example, need a fleet of vehicles and a network of roads and streets. Systems that need rails include trains, subways, light rail and monorail (considered separate categories from standard train systems such as commuter rail), and streetcars and trams. Ferries are used in many cities with extensive waterfront areas. Airports also fall within the domain of transportation engineering. While most transportation systems are designed with the needs of a geographically focused population in mind, airports are unique in that they serve passengers from all over the country—or the world. 

The UK has an extensive transport network of around 400,000 km of roads, carrying an estimated 34 million vehicles a rail network that carries 1.2 billion passenger journeys per year and a fleet of naval, merchant and passenger ships. Add into this the light rail, tram and underground networks, aviation and freight operators, and the scale of the transport sector soon becomes clear. 

Over the years, there have been many light-rail transit-system-related accidents resulting in fatalities and injuries. For example, in the three-year period from the opening of the Metro Blue Line (MBL) in Los Angeles, there were 158 train-vehicle and 24 train-pedestrian accidents/incidents resulting in 16 deaths and many injuries [22]. 

By Truck. Motor vehicle shipment of hazardous materials is covered in Dept of Transportation Tariff No 11 (Ref 4). Motor vehicle shipment is more complex than rail shipment. A train is made up of many cars watched over by an engineer in front and caboose personnel behind. The engineer is in voice communication with the tower the railroad controls traffic over its route and provides trained inspectors. In contrast, each truck is an independent unit. It has no control over traffic on the public highway and the driver must cope with any situation which may arise. Hence, drivers of hazardous materials are given careful training and detailed instructions, and the vehicle is carefully inspected for safety (lights, brakes, etc) and compliance with local laws (wt limit, etc)... 

GENERAL RULE—Subject to paragraph (2), with respect to 2 or more vehicles operated as a train by a light or rapid rail system, for purposes of section 202 of this Act and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), it shall be considered discrimination for a public entity to fail to have at least 1 vehicle per train that is accessible... 

Below is a sununaiy of a Standard Procedure addressing how the movement of rail transport vehicles should be controlled in the event of a failure of the robot (traffic light) system ... 

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