Track Maintenance Costs on Rail Transit Properties (2009)

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BIBLIOGRAPHY AND OTHER RESOURCES 1. Larsson, D. and J. Gunnarsson, “A Model to Predict Track Degradation Costs,” Proc., 7th International Heavy Haul Conference, Virginia Beach, Va., 2001, pp. 437–444. 2. Transit industry configurations (track sections, stations, etc.) and related data are available from Infrastructure Database Survey, American Passenger Transportation Association: www.ntdprogram.com/ntdprogram/data.htm. 3. Manual for Railway Engineering, American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association (AREMA), Lanham, Md., Chapter 16. See also the AREMA Annual Proceedings. 4. National Transit Database, maintained by the FTA in compliance with the Uniform System of Accounts (USOA) and associated laws for reporting by the transit industry. Transit industry data and reporting requirements may be found at www.ntdprogram.gov/ntdprogram/. 5. For an alternative damage factor relationship, see Zarembski, A.M., The Implications of Heavy Axle Load Operations for Track Maintenance on Short Lines, AREMA 2000 Annual Conference Proceedings. 6. Standard for Rail Transit Track Inspection and Maintenance, Vol. 6—Fixed Structures, APTA RT-5- FS-002-02, American Public Transportation Association, Washington, D.C., 2006. Source Information on Industry Funding The following are example Internet locations of transit funding information. Federal budgets and programs may be found under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Transportation and its member agencies (FTA, FHWA, FRA, etc.). State funds, comprising a significant share of transit funding, are typically available through each state’s transportation budget. Local public funds at the city and county levels may be less consistently available. Major transit agencies publish their current budgets on their websites. All publicly funded agencies are required to publish their budgets. The following are selected web locations of relevant regulatory and funding agencies information on rail transit matters. This list is not intended to be exhaustive. 58

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