| dc.contributor.author | Bridgelall, Raj | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tolliver, Denver D. | |
| dc.description.abstract | Railroads can save millions of dollars by deploying multi-sensor track scanners on connected trains to detect track and roadbed problems that could cause accidents. However, uncertainties about performance and return-on-investment impeded the development and deployment of such sensor systems. This research develops a budget model that both manufacturers and railroads can use to decide on a suitable tradeoff between price affordability and achievable performance. A case study of five Class 1 railroads demonstrates that a payback within two years is achievable at $4,000 per device and an annual maintenance cost of one-quarter the system deployment cost. | en_US |
| dc.rights | In copyright. Permission to make this version available has been granted by the author and publisher. | |
| dc.title | Budgeting the Adoption of Sensors on Connected Trains | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.type | Preprint | en_US |
| dc.description | Raj Bridgelall is the program director for the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute (UGPTI) Center for Surface Mobility Applications & Real-time Simulation environments (SMARTSeSM). | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-06-01T22:53:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-06-01T22:53:46Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10365/32665 | |
| dc.subject | Benefit-cost analysis. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Non-destructive evaluation. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Payback period. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Positive train control. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Railroad safety. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Return-on-investment. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.orcid | 0000-0003-3743-6652 | |
| dc.identifier.orcid | 0000-0002-8522-9394 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Bridgelall, Raj and Denver Tolliver. "Budgeting for the Adoption of Sensors on Connected Trains." Transportation Planning and Technology, DOI:10.1080/03081060.2021.2017205, 45(1), December 2021. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | North Dakota State University | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Mountain-Plains Consortium (MPC) | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | https://www.ugpti.org/about/staff/viewbio.php?id=79 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| dc.contributor.organization | Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute | |
| ndsu.college | College of Business | |
| ndsu.department | Transportation and Logistics | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/03081060.2021.2017205 | |
