Publications

Evolution and Impact of TRB’s Rail Transit Committees on National Transit Research (A History of the Rail Transit Systems Committee (A1E04/AP065))  - S. David Phraner, Member Emeritus *NEW*

Review of Emergency Egress and Rescue Challenges in Rail Tunnels, Fire Protection Research Foundation, Synthesis Report *NEW*

APTA - Light Rail & Streetcar Systems: How They Differ; How They Overlap (2019)

TCRP Report 155 - Track Design Handbook for Light Rail Transit (2nd Edition, 2012)

Transportation Research E-Circular E-C033: This is Light Rail Transit (July 2001)

TCRP Synthesis 96 - Off-Board Fare Payment using Proof-of-Payment Verification (2012)

Joint Operation with Railroads

• TCRP Research Results Digest 43 - Supplementing and Updating TCRP Report 52: Joint Operation of Light Rail Transit or Diesel Multiple Unit Vehicles with Railroads (2001)

• TCRP Report 52 - Joint Operation of Light Rail Transit or Diesel Multiple Unit Vehicles with Railroads (1999)

LRT Conference Proceedings

• 14th National Light Rail & Streetcar Conference 2019 (program with presentations embedded)

• 13th National Light Rail & Streetcar Conference 2015

  • Program (with presentations embedded)

  • Circular (2016, E-C213)

• 12th Joint International Light Rail Conference (2012, E-C177)

• 11th Joint International Light Rail Conference (2009, E-C145)

• 10th Joint International Light Rail Conference (2006, E-C112)

• 9th National LRT Conference (2003, E-C058)

LRV Maintenance

• TCRP Report 114 - Center Truck Performance on Low-Floor Light Rail Vehicles (2006)

• TCRP Synthesis 61 - Maintenance Staffing Levels for Light Rail Transit (2005)

Modern Streetcars

• TCRP Synthesis 86 - Relationships Between Streetcars and the Built Environment (2010)

• Urban Circulators - Streetcar Electrification (2010, originally TRB Paper 10-0436)

• Trackway Infrastructure Guidelines (2006)

• "Bring Back the Streetcars! A Conservative Vision of Tomorrow's Urban Transportation" (Free Congress Foundation, 2002)

Planning

• Tennessee Street Corridor Transit Alternatives Criteria Study (2011)

• TCRP Report 17 - Integration of Light Rail into City Streets (1996)

Vehicle/Pedestrian Safety + Traffic Engineering

• TCRP Synthesis 83 - Bus and Rail Transit Preferential Treatments in Mixed Traffic (2010)

• TCRP Report 137 - Improving Pedestrian and Motorist Safety Along Light Rail Alignments (2009)

• TCRP Synthesis 79 - Light Rail Vehicle Collisions with Vehicles at Signalized Intersections (2009)

• TCRP Research Results Digest 84 - Audible Signals for Pedestrian Safety in LRT Environments (2007)

• TCRP Report 69 - Light Rail Service: Pedestrian and Vehicular Safety (2001)

• TCRP Research Results Digest 34 - Light Rail Service: Vehicular and Pedestrian Safety (1999)