Effects of Active Warning Reliability on Motorist Compliance at Highway-Railroad Grade Crossings
Researchers examined how the reliability of warning devices affected driver compliance with flashing lights and gates at grade crossings.
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Success Factors in the Reduction of Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Incidents from 1994 to 2003
Between the years 1994 and 2003, incidents at highway-rail grade crossings declined by 41.2 percent. The reasons for this decline were unknown. The John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center was tasked by the Federal Railroad Administration to identify the salient success factors in...
2003 Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety Research Needs Workshop: Volume II - Appendices
The purposes of the workshop were to provide up-to-date information and research reports from selected organizations, analyze a number of safety research topics by a selected group of delegates from all areas of technology and government organizations associated with the rail industry, and...
2003 Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety Research Needs Workshop: Volume I - Summary of Results
The purposes of the workshop were to provide up-to-date information and research reports from selected organizations, analyze a number of safety research topics by a selected group of delegates from all areas of technology and government organizations associated with the rail industry, and...
Illinois High-Speed Rail Four-Quadrant Gate Reliability Assessment
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) tasked the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) to conduct a reliability analysis of the four-quadrant gate/vehicle detection equipment installed on the future high-speed rail (HSR) corridor between Chicago and St Louis. A...
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.
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...