ABSTRACT

During day-to-day use, thousands of lives are lost each year due to accidents, directly or indirectly, resulting from poor transportation system reliability and safety. In the United States, automobile accidents alone result in around 42,000 deaths per year, costing billions of dollars to the economy each year. A common subject in journal articles

chapter 1|12 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|16 pages

Reliability and Safety Mathematics

chapter 3|26 pages

Reliability and Safety Basics

chapter 5|14 pages

Transportation System Failures

chapter 6|34 pages

Transportation System Reliability Modeling

chapter 7|14 pages

Rail Safety

chapter 8|12 pages

Truck and Bus Safety

chapter 9|14 pages

Airline and Ship Safety