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Other Reports
Highway-Rail Crossing Inventory Instructions and Procedures Manual, December 1996
Keywords: Inventory
Abstract: The purpose of this manual is to set forth the instructions and procedures to provide a useful, up-to-date and accurate data base for the National Highway-Rail Crossing Inventory...
Other Reports
Florida's Train Whistle Ban
Keywords: Guidance on the Quiet Zone Creation Process
Other Reports
Compliation of State Laws and Regulations Affecting Highway-Rail Grade Crossings: Second Edition
Keywords: Traffic Law, Rail Safety, Warning Devices
Abstract: [From the Preface] The COMPILATION OF STATE LAWS AND REGULATIONS ON MATTERS AFFECTING HIGHWAY RAIL CROSSINGS, Third Edition makes a unique contribution to the highway-rail grade...
Technical Reports
Safety of highway-railroad grade crossings. Research needs workshop. Volume II – Appendices
Keywords: Safety of highway-railroad grade crossings. Research needs workshop. Volume II – Appendices
Abstract: These appendices describe methods for modeling driver behavior and effectiveness of warning devices at grade crossings using signal detection theory.
Technical Reports
Safety of Highway-Railroad Grade Crossings: Use of Auxiliary External Alerting Devices to Improve Locomotive Conspicuity
Keywords: Highway/railroad grade crossings, locomotive alerting lights, alerting devices, conspicuity,
Abstract: Researchers evaluated several devices designed to increase visibility of locomotives and found that dedicated alert lights helped people recognize oncoming trains as a hazard...