Transit Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment


Book Description

This manual provides direction for the preparation of noise and vibration sections of environmental documents for mass transportation projects. The manual has been developed in the interest of promoting quality and uniformity in assessments. It is expected to be used by people associated with or affected by the urban transit industry, including Federal Transit Administration (FTA) staff, grant applicants, consultants and the general public. Each of these groups has an interest in noise/vibration assessment, but not all have the need for all the details of the process. Consequently, this manual has been prepared to serve readers with varying levels of technical background and interests. It sets forth the basic concepts, methods and procedures for documenting the extent and severity of noise impacts from transit projects.






















Reliability, Maintainability, and Supportability


Book Description

Focuses on the core systems engineering tasks of writing,managing, and tracking requirements for reliability,maintainability, and supportability that are most likely to satisfycustomers and lead to success for suppliers This book helps systems engineers lead the development ofsystems and services whose reliability, maintainability, andsupportability meet and exceed the expectations of their customersand promote success and profit for their suppliers. This book isorganized into three major parts: reliability, maintainability, andsupportability engineering. Within each part, there is material onrequirements development, quantitative modelling, statisticalanalysis, and best practices in each of these areas. Heavy emphasisis placed on correct use of language. The author discusses the useof various sustainability engineering methods and techniques incrafting requirements that are focused on the customers’needs, unambiguous, easily understood by the requirements’stakeholders, and verifiable. Part of each major division of thebook is devoted to statistical analyses needed to determine whenrequirements are being met by systems operating in customerenvironments. To further support systems engineers in writing,analyzing, and interpreting sustainability requirements, this bookalso Contains “Language Tips” to help systems engineerslearn the different languages spoken by specialists andnon-specialists in the sustainability disciplines Provides exercises in each chapter, allowing the reader to tryout some of the ideas and procedures presented in the chapter Delivers end-of-chapter summaries of the current reliability,maintainability, and supportability engineering best practices forsystems engineers Reliability, Maintainability, and Supportability is a referencefor systems engineers and graduate students hoping to learn how toeffectively determine and develop appropriate requirements so thatdesigners may fulfil the intent of the customer.




Transit Bus Service Line and Cleaning Functions


Book Description

Provides a variety of approaches to transit bus service line and cleaning functions so transit agencies can evaluate the effectiveness of their own operations.




Regulatory Impacts on Design and Retrofit of Bus Maintenance Facilities


Book Description

Describes how recently enacted legislation and implemented regulations have affected the design of bus maintenance facilities. Several case examples of changes implemented by transit agencies are included.