In 1992, ARRT began developing standards and policies for track and its components for the railways. Today, ARRT is the only organization in North America that sets Rail Wear Limits that save maintenance dollars while promoting the safe use of rail.

Traditionally, railways compute track Superelevation based on the balanced speed of one wheel and then reduce the computed value by an arbitrary number called "unbalanced superelevation". This does not consider multiple vehicle wheels, the track curvature, grade, and train rolling resistance and associated drawbar forces. It also does not consider thermal effects and power distribution in the train. Proper rail management cannot be achieved without superelevation policies that respect the terrain and what the trains want. ARRT's Advanced Super-Elevation Tool (ASET) considers all the parameter ignored by current practices. The result is an approach and software that provides curve-specific track elevation, minimize lateral forces, reduce damage to track asset and derailment probability.

Other policies developed by ARRT include criteria for allowing a train to slowly and safely traverse a rail break, prediction of rail fracture during a cold snap, residual stress specifications currently used in AREMA, etc.