Technical Reports
Review of Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Incidents 1986 – 2015: Trends and Potential Safety Gaps
Every year in the U.S., hundreds of individuals lose their lives at highway-rail grade crossings and even more are injured or otherwise involved in an incident at a crossing. Today’s crossing incident rates, however, are significantly lower than they were years ago. This report collected and...
Hazards Associated with HSR Operations Adjacent to Conventional Tracks – Enhanced Literature Review Part III: Literature Review
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Hazards Associated with HSR Operations Adjacent to Conventional Tracks - Enhanced Literature Review Part I: Summary Report Hazards Associated with HSR Operations Adjacent to Conventional Tracks - Enhanced Literature Review Part II: Best PracticesHazards Associated with HSR Operations Adjacent to Conventional Tracks – Enhanced Literature Review Part II: Best Practices
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Hazards Associated with HSR Operations Adjacent to Conventional Tracks - Enhanced Literature Review Part I: Summary Report Hazards Associated with HSR Operations Adjacent to Conventional Tracks - Enhanced Literature Review Part III: Literature ReviewHazards Associated with HSR Operations Adjacent to Conventional Tracks - Enhanced Literature Review Part I: Summary Report
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Hazards Associated with HSR Operations Adjacent to Conventional Tracks - Enhanced Literature Review Part II: Best Practices Hazards Associated with HSR Operations Adjacent to Conventional Tracks - Enhanced Literature Review Part III: Literature ReviewAccelerating Implementation of ECP Emulator Technology
One of the major barriers to implementation of Electronically Controlled Pneumatic (ECP) brake technology is a freight car’s interchange requirement, i.e., it should run in trains made of interchange qualified car. An overlay ECP or an ECP emulator can address this barrier. This project advanced an...Highway-Rail Intersection Crash Taxonomy for Connected Vehicle Safety Research - Ten Year Trend
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) accident data from the 2008–2017 study period showed that annual combined highway-rail intersection (HRI) and rail infrastructure accident costs were between $20 million and $40 million dollars. An alternative method developed by the National Highway...
Law Enforcement Strategies for Mitigating Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Risk Factors
There has been heightened awareness of and re-commitment to highway-rail grade crossing safety. Both the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Railroad Administration have pledged to show a greater presence at grade crossings and to adopt a new, multi-faceted campaign aimed at...
Major Railroad Accidents Involving Hazardous Materials Release, Composite Summaries 1969-1978
This report presents composite summaries describing 75 major railroad accidents in which hazardous materials were released. The selected accidents occurred during the years 1969-1978. The data contained in the individual summaries were derived from various government and private agency reports and...Effect of Anti-Trespass Guard Panels on Pedestrian Behavior
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center), under the direction of DOT’s Federal Railroad Administration Office of Research, Development and Technology, conducted a research study that evaluated the effectiveness of anti-...