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Research Results
Low Ground Clearance Vehicle Detection and Warning
Keywords: Low Ground Clearance Vehicle Detection System, LGCVDS, grade crossing, hang-up, sensing, interference boundary, active detection and warning
Abstract: Researchers developed and tested a sensor system to measure road surface levels at grade crossings and identify areas where lower-riding vehicles could get stuck.
Technical Reports
Confidential Close Call Reporting System (C3RS) Lessons Learned Evaluation – Final Report
Keywords: Close calls, continuous improvement, employee involvement, freight rail, human factors, passenger rail, risk reduction, safety culture, Confidential Close Call Reporting System, C3RS
Abstract: The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) established the Confidential Close Call Reporting System (C3RS) program through which “close calls” can be reported confidentially and...
Accident Investigations
HQ-2019-1318 (Finalized)
Keywords: grade crossing incident; highway-rail grade crossing collision; Union Pacific; Athens, TX; school bus
Abstract: At 4:06 p.m., CST, a Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) westbound mixed freight train MPBLF-24 (Train 1), with 2 engines and 54 cars, collided with a southbound Athens...
Athens, TX
United States
Technical Reports
Automated Vehicles at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings: Final Report
Keywords: Highway-rail grade crossings, Automated Vehicle, AV, autonomous vehicle, Connected Vehicle, connected automated vehicles, CAVs, Concept of Operations, ConOps, requirements, stakeholder engagement
Abstract: This report discusses automated vehicle (AV) interactions with grade crossings and proposes requirements for future AVs that would enable them to respond to crossings safely....
IMOUs
Denton County Transportation Authority C3RS IMOU
Abstract: Implementing Memorandum of Understanding for the Denton County Transportation Authority Confidential Close Call Reporting System Program