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Dec
2019
Technical Reports
Analysis of Non-Track-Circuit Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Train Detection Technologies
Subject
Grade Crossing Technology,
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
Keywords: Highway-rail, grade crossing, accident prediction formula, acoustic train detection, fiber-Bragg grating, magnetometer, seismic train detection, track circuits, train detection, warning device effectiveness, warning device upgrade, wheel detectors, safety
Abstract: This study assessed whether devices that did not rely on track circuits to detect trains were suitable to deploy active warnings at grade crossings.
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-19/47
Office
RDI-23
17
Oct
2019
Research Results
System-Wide Implementation of Rail Right-of-Way Incursion Treatments
Subject
Grade Crossing and Trespass Outreach/Education,
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
Keywords: grade crossing, right-of-way incursion, rail, vehicle incursion, railroad safety
Abstract: Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Long Island Rail Road implemented high-visibility markings at grade crossings system-wide to reduce drivers turning onto the track....
Report Number
RR 19-20
Office
RDI-23
27
Sep
2019
Technical Reports
Why Do Passenger Trains Run through Switches in the Rail Yard?
Subject
Human Factors
Keywords: Run through switch, switch points, yard crews, passenger rail, systems-theoretic process analysis, STPA, STAMP, systems-theoretic accident model and processes
Abstract: This study examined why crews working in yard operations run through switches in the wrong direction or run through damaged switches. Running through a switch in the wrong...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-19/37
Office
RDI-24
19
Aug
2019
Technical Reports
Review of Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Incidents 1986 – 2015: Trends and Potential Safety Gaps
Subject
Grade Crossing Modeling and Simulation,
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
Keywords: Crossing, grade crossing, safety, pedestrian, vehicle, gates
Abstract: A review of the U.S. grade crossing incidents over 30 years revealed that fatal incidents involving pedestrians increased despite significant safety gains.
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-19/30
Office
RDI-24
19
Aug
2019
Technical Reports
Review of Suicide Intervention Training Programs
Subject
Human Factors
Keywords: Railroad, Safety, Suicide, Training, Suicide Prevention, Transit
Abstract: Nearly one-third of all rail-related fatalities in the U.S. result from an intentional act of suicide. Rail carrier-based strategies to prevent these incidents are not well...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-19/31
Office
RDI-24