Technical Reports
Review of Suicide Intervention Training Programs
Nearly one-third of all rail-related fatalities in the U.S. result from an intentional act of suicide. Rail carrier-based strategies to prevent these incidents are not well understood, and empirical evidence of the effectiveness of known strategies is currently very limited. One such strategy is...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...