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TCRP Synthesis J-07/Topic SA-39 [Final (Synthesis)]

Managing Extreme Weather at Bus Stops
[ TCRP J-07 (Synthesis of Information Related to Transit Practices) ]

  Project Data
Funds: $45,000
Authorization to Begin Work: 10/5/2015 -- estimated
Staff Responsibility: Mariela Garcia-Colberg
Research Agency: Thomson Consulting
Principal Investigator: Barbara Thomson
Effective Date: 11/1/2015
Completion Date: 5/25/2017
Fiscal Year: 2015

TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 129: Managing Extreme Weather at Bus Stops documents current practices of transit systems to determine methods and procedures used for maintaining transit stops and associated infrastructure during and following such weather events. This synthesis provides a state-of-the-practice report on transit systems' management of extreme weather events; associated planning; management responsibilities; efforts to respond; standards and specifications; associated legal claims; and communication with customers.


The report is published at
www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/176114.aspx

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