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Success Factors in the Reduction of Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Incidents

Document Series:
Research Results
Author:
  • Leonard W. Allen III
Report Number
RR11-28
Office
RDI-23
Subject:
Grade Crossing Modeling and SimulationHighway-Rail Grade Crossings
Keywords:
Highway-rail grade crossing, success factors, incident reduction, safety
Document
RR_Success_Factors_and_Grade_Xing_Incidents_final.pdf (408.27 KB)

This study examined the decrease in highway-rail grade crossing incidents between 1994 and 2007 and identifies 5 success factors that accounted for 80% of this decrease.


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Last updated: Thursday, December 1, 2011