Benefit-cost analysis of infrastructure improvement for derailment prevention

Proceedings of the ASME Joint Rail Conference 2010, JRC2010

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 399-405

  Liu, Xiang ^a   Saat, Mohd Rapik ^a   Barkan, Christopher P L ^a  

^a United States of America   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT DATA; ACCIDENT RATE; BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS; CAPITAL AND OPERATING COSTS; COST DATA; FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION; INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS; OPERATIONAL DECISIONS; RAILROAD INDUSTRY; RAILROAD INFRASTRUCTURE; RAILROAD TRAINS; RISK REDUCTIONS; SAFETY BENEFITS; TRACK MAINTENANCE; TRAIN SAFETY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COST ACCOUNTING; COST REDUCTION; INDUSTRIAL RAILROADS; MAINTAINABILITY; OPERATING COSTS; RAILROAD ACCIDENTS; RAILROAD PLANT AND STRUCTURES; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 78049279872     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/JRC2010-36029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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