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A Multi-Criteria based Approach for Safety Assessment and Improvement of Railway Level Crossings (RLCs)
2023
Num. 2
Summary - The present paper develops a “decision tool” that helps railway infrastructure managers decide the interventions to make at a given railway level crossing of the network in order to improve... read all
Valutazione della fattibilità della chiusura dei passaggi a livello ferroviario a basso traffico – Un quadro per i gestori dell’infrastruttura ferroviaria per assistere il processo decisionale efficace
2022
Num. 11
Summary - This research paper develops and presents a framework allowing railway infrastructure managers to effectively assess which railway level crossing of their network may be critically reviewed... read all
Ecologia delle Infrastrutture Viarie a tutela dell’ambiente: concetti e criteri per una ricerca allargata alle discipline trasportistiche
2022
Num. 10
Summary - The paper moves from the scientific literature on Road Ecology and Railway Ecology to merge related concepts and criteria under a single definition: Ecology of Transportation Infrastructure... read all
From “advertising boards” ... to “signage system” History, design, planning and fixed message signage standards in Italian railway stations
2022
Num. 9
Summary - This article aims to offer an “overview” of the design and methodological criteria with which RFI, and before that FS, have addressed the issue of fixed message signage in railway stations... read all
CEI EN 50119:2021-01 The new edition of the reference standard for the overhead contact lines
2022
Num. 8
Summary - The scope of this paper is to describe the new edition of CEI EN 50119, which is the reference standard for the overhead contact lines, focusing on its innovative aspects in comparison with... read all
The evolution of national and international railway passenger services in european reality
2022
Num. 8
Summary - The European disciplines launched in the last decade of the 1900s to introduce competition into railway transport system, guarantee access to the infrastructure without discrimination and... read all
Trackwork-systems: design requirements setting and verification by a preliminary quantitative engineering model
2022
Num. 6
Summary - The design Setting-out and Verification Process are key pillars in the current railway context, trackwork- systems included. During typical activities, it is common to verify, in some... read all
Improving train accessibility: lessons learned from the CARBODIN project
2022
Num. 5
Summary - This work, carried out within the CARBODIN EU-funded project, aims to study the impacts of a new train boarding device conceived as an innovative solution that improves train accessibility... read all
Integrated approach for the road traffic greenhouse gas emissions calculation in a life-cycle perspective
2022
Num. 4
Summary - This research aims at defining a model to assess the Greenhouse Gases emissions of an entire vehicle fleet, from a life cycle perspective, based on the results of specific traffic... read all
Alarm Firing Device by Scartazzi-Opessi
2022
Num. 4
Abstract - Little is known of how the Alarm Firing Device by Scartazzi-Opessi1 originated, developed and worked. Here, an attempt is made at supplementing the meagre news available. At the same time... read all

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