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
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Introduction. Reliability and Safety Mathematics. Reliability and Safety Basics. Methods for Performing Transportation System Reliability and Safety Analysis. Transportation System Failures. Transportation System Reliability Modeling. Rail Safety. Truck and Bus Safety. Airline and Ship Safety. Human Error in Rail and Road Transportation Systems. Human Error in Aviation and Sea Transportation Systems.