Authors: Arnold I. Barnett, Carl D. Martland, Amedeo R. Odoni, Joseph M. Sussman

Date of Publication:  1999 (?)

Sponsoring Agency:  Transportation Research Board, Committee on Guided Intercity Passenger Transportation

Performing Organization:  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Abstract:

In any organization there is a limit on the amount of resources that can be used for risk reduction.  By examining strategies for reducing the risk of fatalities on the East Japan Railway (JR East), a framework in which risk-reduction resources can be used well is described.  Basic principles of risk assessment are introduced.  Various analyses and models to study collisions, earthquake effects, level-crossing accidents, and operating policies regarding natural hazards are presented.  The concept of a global risk assessment of JR East is included.  The question of perceived versus objective risk is discussed in the context of safety-related investment.
 

No. of Pages:   5