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Green track, the Glossary

Green track (also grassed track or lawn track) is a type of railway track in which the track bed and surrounding area are planted with grass turf or other vegetation as ground cover.^[1]

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Air pollution

Air pollution is the contamination of air due to the presence of substances called pollutants in the atmosphere that are harmful to the health of humans and other living beings, or cause damage to the climate or to materials.

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Alicante Tram

The Alicante Tram, trademarked as Alicante Metropolitan TRAM (TRAM Metropolità d'Alacant, TRAM Metropolitano de Alicante), operates in the Spanish city of Alicante (Valencian Community) and its surrounding area.

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Alstom Citadis

The Alstom Citadis is a family of low-floor trams and light rail vehicles built by Alstom.

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Ballastless track

A ballastless track or slab track is a type of railway track infrastructure in which the traditional elastic combination of ties/sleepers and ballast is replaced by a rigid construction of concrete or asphalt. Green track and ballastless track are railway track layouts.

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Bee

Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey.

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Berlin

Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and by population.

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Braunschweig

Braunschweig or Brunswick (from Low German Brunswiek, local dialect: Bronswiek) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker, which connects it to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser.

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Braunschweiger Zeitung

The Braunschweiger Zeitung is a daily regional newspaper serving Braunschweig, Germany and surrounding towns and villages in Brunswick Land.

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Bremer Straßenbahn

Bremer Straßenbahn AG (translates from German as Bremen Tramways Corporation), often abbreviated BSAG, is the public transport provider for Bremen, Germany, offering tramway and bus services.

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Central Europe

Central Europe is a geographical region of Europe between Eastern, Southern, Western and Northern Europe.

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Concrete sleeper

A concrete sleeper (British English) or concrete tie (American English) is a type of railway sleeper or railroad tie made out of steel reinforced concrete. Green track and concrete sleeper are permanent way.

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Decibel

The decibel (symbol: dB) is a relative unit of measurement equal to one tenth of a bel (B).

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Dijon tramway

The Dijon tramway (Tramway de Dijon) is a tramway system opened in Dijon, France, in September 2012.

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Dresden

Dresden (Upper Saxon: Dräsdn; Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and it is the second most populous city after Leipzig.

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Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe

Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe AG (DVB) is the municipal transport company of the city of Dresden in Germany.

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Drought tolerance

In botany, drought tolerance is the ability by which a plant maintains its biomass production during arid or drought conditions.

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DVV Media Group is a global publishing company which publishes books and magazines about transport and logistic topics.

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Evapotranspiration

Evapotranspiration (ET) refers to the combined processes which move water from the Earth's surface (open water and ice surfaces, bare soil and vegetation) into the atmosphere.

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Fill dirt

Fill dirt (also called cleanfill, or just fill) is earthy material which is used to fill in a depression or hole in the ground or create mounds or otherwise artificially change the grade or elevation of real property. Green track and fill dirt are fills (earthworks).

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Groundcover

Groundcover or ground cover is any plant that grows over an area of ground.

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Irrigation

Irrigation (also referred to as watering of plants) is the practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow crops, landscape plants, and lawns.

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Julius Kühn-Institut

Julius Kühn-Institut – Bundesforschungsinstitut für Kulturpflanzen (JKI) is the German Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants.

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Light rail

Light rail (or light rail transit, abbreviated to LRT) is a form of passenger urban rail transit using rolling stock derived from tram technology National Conference of the Transportation Research Board while also having some features from heavy rapid transit. Green track and light rail are tram transport.

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Mower

A mower is a person or machine that cuts (mows) grass or other plants that grow on the ground. Usually mowing is distinguished from reaping, which uses similar implements, but is the traditional term for harvesting grain crops, e.g. with reapers and combines. A smaller mower used for lawns and sports grounds (playing fields) is called a lawn mower or grounds mower, which is often self-powered, or may also be small enough to be pushed by the operator.

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National Association of City Transportation Officials

The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) is a coalition of the Departments of Transportation in North American cities.

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Noise control

Noise control or noise mitigation is a set of strategies to reduce noise pollution or to reduce the impact of that noise, whether outdoors or indoors.

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Particulates

Particulates or atmospheric particulate matter (see below for other names) are microscopic particles of solid or liquid matter suspended in the air.

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Permeable paving

Permeable paving surfaces are made of either a porous material that enables stormwater to flow through it or nonporous blocks spaced so that water can flow between the gaps.

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Porto Metro

The Porto Metro (Metro do Porto) is a light rail network in Porto, Portugal and a key part of the city's public transport system.

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Rail profile

The rail profile is the cross sectional shape of a railway rail, perpendicular to its length. Green track and rail profile are permanent way.

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Railway track

A railway track (British English and UIC terminology) or railroad track (American English), also known as a train track or permanent way (often "perway" in Australia), is the structure on a railway or railroad consisting of the rails, fasteners, railroad ties (sleepers, British English) and ballast (or slab track), plus the underlying subgrade. Green track and railway track are permanent way and railway track layouts.

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RTL (German TV channel)

RTL (from Radio Télévision Luxembourg), formerly RTL plus and RTL Television, is a German-language free-to-air television channel owned by RTL Deutschland, headquartered in Cologne.

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Sedum

Sedum is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Crassulaceae, members of which are commonly known as stonecrops.

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Shade tolerance

In ecology, shade tolerance is a plant's ability to tolerate low light levels.

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Sod

Sod is the upper layer of turf that is harvested for transplanting.

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Soil moisture

Soil moisture is the water content of the soil.

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Strasbourg tramway

The Strasbourg tramway (Tramway de Strasbourg, Straßenbahn Straßburg; D'Strossabàhn Strossburi(g)), run by the CTS, is a network of six tramlines, A, B, C, D, E and F that operate in the cities of Strasbourg in Alsace, France, and Kehl in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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Surface runoff

Surface runoff (also known as overland flow or terrestrial runoff) is the unconfined flow of water over the ground surface, in contrast to channel runoff (or stream flow).

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Track ballast

Track ballast is the material which forms the trackbed upon which railroad ties (UK: sleepers) are laid. Green track and track ballast are permanent way.

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Track bed

The track bed or trackbed is the groundwork onto which a railway track is laid. Green track and track bed are fills (earthworks) and permanent way.

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Track geometry

Track geometry is concerned with the properties and relations of points, lines, curves, and surfaces in the three-dimensional positioning of railroad track. Green track and track geometry are permanent way and railway track layouts.

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Tram

A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in the United States and Canada) is a type of urban rail transit consisting of either individual railcars or self-propelled multiple unit trains that run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. Green track and tram are tram transport.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_track

Also known as Grassy tram.

Green track, the Glossary

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See also

Fills (earthworks)

Grasslands

Lawns

Permanent way

Railway track layouts

Tram transport

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