Rail policy

Abacus Technology Corp. (1991). Rail vs.Truck- Fuel Efficiency The Relative Fuel Efficiency of Truck Gnmpetitive Rail Freight and Truck Operations Compared in A Range of Corridors. Washington, DC U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Policy. 

High Speed Rail Response Ifom the Engineering the Future Alliance, http //www.raeng.org. uk/societygov/policy/responses/pdf/Response from the IET and RAEng to High Speed Rail.pdf. Accessed March 2013... 

The social dimensions of knowledge and understanding were striking. Senior railway personnel had the most contact with the Railway Inspectorate but this is partly an artefact of organization. Inspecting officers and senior railway officials were both in charge of policy decisions, decisions about capital expenditure, and a much wider remit than occupational health and safety, and moreover they were few in number. Railway employment inspectors, whose remit solely centred on occupational health and safety, were only fifteen in number and had to cover the entire rail network. It is therefore not surprising that they were not... 

When public policy is to attract travellers off roads, the safety of rail travel must be firmly based on robust and impartial regulatory systems. This is particularly important when the fragmentation of the railway has led to a host of new companies, contractors, sub-contractors and individuals working on the railway, some of whom have little or no railway experience, (quoted in Uff, 2000 169)... 

The Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) has a responsibility to lead and develop long term safety strategy and policy for the UK mainline railway network. One of the key objectives of the strategy is to reduce risk on the railway network by controlling the hazardous events and the precursors to the hazardous events that can occur. It is essential, however, that the control of the risk is carried out in an open and explicit manner, so that end users in the industry can be assured the controls imposed are effective and do not cost disproportionately more than the benefits they provide. 

The Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) was established on 1 April 2003 as a not-for-profit company owned by the railway industry. Our role is to provide leadership in the development of the long term safety strategy and policy for the UK railway. The company is limited by guarantee and has a members council, a board and an advisory committee. It is independent of any single railway company and of their commercial interests. 

American Public Transportation Association (APTA) http //www.apta.com/ (accessed September 13, 2010). An advocacy gronp for bus, rapid transit, and commuter rail systems, APTA sponsors conferences on bns and rail transit and applications of intelligent transportation systems. It pnblishes proceedings, reports, and statistics on fares and fare collection, vehicles, alternative fuels, safety, sustainability, funding sonrces, and policy. Formerly known as the American Public Transit Association and the American Transit Association. 

Surveying the literature on mega-transportation projects makes clear that research needs to be conducted in a timely manner. Too rarely have clear and accurate before pictures been attained so as to confirm predictive models and enhance the capacity of policy makers to adapt project-plans to best serve their target-populations. One commonly accepted belief is that the degree to which change occurs is in some sense proportional to the scale of the road/rail project. 

This section draws upon Donaldson, R. Contesting the proposed rapid rail link in Gauteng. Urban Forum, 16 ), 55-62 Donaldson, R., Williams, A. (2005). A stmggle of an inner city community to protect its historical environment. The case of Qydesdale in Pretoria New Contree, 49, 165-180 and, Donaldson, R. (2006). Mass rapid rail development in South Africa s metropolitan core towards a new urban form Land Use Policy, 23, 344-352. 

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