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5 C H A P T E R 1 Background Travel by public transit is one of the safest modes of transportation, yet incidents have resulted in injuries and sometimes fatalities at rail transit platform/guideway and platform/vehicle interfaces. There is no national database that provides specific details on rail transit platform/guideway and platform/vehicle interface incidents and detailed information about these events is not routinely shared by rail transit agencies.
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6 Manual to Improve Rail Transit Safety at Platform/Vehicle and Platform/Guideway Interfaces and vertical space between the vehicle floor and the edge of the station platform. The platform gap results from geometric and design constraints.
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Introduction 7 Organization of the Manual The manual is organized into nine chapters. Chapters 1 through 5 describe the factors that influence platform/guideway and platform/vehicle interface safety.
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