North Carolina Department of Transportation's "Sealed Corridor" Assessment - Phase IV
This report assesses Phase IV of North Carolina's Sealed Corridor program, which closed or added warning devices to 44 private crossings from 1990 to 2008.
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USDOT Federal Railroad Administration's Third Research Needs Workshop on Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety and Trespass Prevention: Volume II - Appendices
On July 14-16, 2009 the Volpe Center hosted the United States Department of Transportation (US DOT) Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Third Research Needs Workshop on Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety and Trespass Prevention (workshop). The primary purpose of this workshop was to bring...
Private Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety Research and Inquiry, Volume I
This report provides a summary of the private highway-rail grade crossing safety inquiry conducted by the United States Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration and the Volpe Center. The safety inquiry consisted of a series of public meetings to solicit oral commentary on the...
Use of Traffic Channelization Devices at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
Researchers summarized the use of channelization devices (barriers that physically separate lanes) as a cost-effective way to reduce violations at grade crossings.
Low-Cost Warning Device Industry Assessment
Under direction of the Federal Railroad Administration’s Office of Research and Development, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration’s John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center conducted a technology assessment of low-cost active...
Railroad Infrastructure Trespass Detection Performance Guidelines
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, under the direction of the Federal Railroad Administration, conducted a 3-year demonstration of an automated prototype railroad infrastructure security system on a railroad bridge in the town of...
Public Education and Enforcement Research Study---Macomb, IL, Analysis
Researchers deployed grade crossing education and enforcement programs in two cities and assessed whether they had the same effect in different communities.
Data Analysis of Grade Crossing Incidents
Traffic movement (TM) is a measure of train and vehicle traffic used to calculate incident rates. This analysis used TM to examine grade crossing incidents from 1989-2008.
Success Factors in the Reduction of Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Incidents
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.
Evaluation of Education and Outreach Programs
Researchers identified strategies to improve rail safety based on successful education and outreach programs in other transportation modes, countries, and industries.
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