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Summary Statistics of the National Railroad-Highway Crossing Inventory for Public At-Grade Crossings
In response to the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970, a joint government/industry effort to compile a national inventory of railroad-highway crossings was initiated in 1972 and completed in 1976. The inventory contains data on the physical and operational characteristics of all 402,000...
Summary Statistics of the National Railroad-Highway Crossing Inventory for Public At-Grade Crossings : Second Edition
Inventory Status as of May 1978. In response to the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970, a joint government/industry effort to compile a national inventory of railroad-highway crossings was initiated in 1972 and completed in 1976. The inventory contains data on the physical and operational...
Legal Effects of Use of Innovative Equipment at Railroad-Highway Grade Crossings on Railroad's Accident Liability
This report discusses the effect on a railroad's legal liability for railroad-highway grade crossing accident costs when that railroad uses innovative grade crossing safety equipment. Its purpose is to evaluate the assertion that a railroad's use of innovative warning device technology increases...
Rail-Highway Crossing Hazard Prediction Research Results
This document presents techniques tor constructing and evaluating railroad grade crossing hazard indexes. Hazard indexes are objective formulas for comparing or ranking cross1ngs according to relative hazard or for calculating absolute hazard (conditional expected frequency of grade cross1ng...
Identification and Evaluation of Off-Track Train Detection Systems for Grade Crossing Applications
The study focused on a detailed investigation of all potential train detection techniques which do not use the track. Both point sensing and continuous sensing system approaches were analyzed. It was found that the transmission line sensor and magnetic point sensor offer the greatest likelihood...
The Effectiveness of Flashing Lights and Flashing Lights with Gates in Reducing Accident Frequency at Public Rail-Highway Crossings, 1975-1978
The Highway Safety Acts of 1973 and 1976, and the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978, provide funds to individual states to improve safety at public rail-highway crossings. This report was undertaken in support of a U.S. DOT effort to develop a resource allocation model designed to...
Operational Testing of Locomotive-Mounted Strobe Lights
This report describes revenue-service tests of locomotive-mounted strobe lights used to make trains more conspicuous to motorists at rail-highway crossings. The testing, conducted in cooperation with four railroads, had the objectives of assuring practicality compatibility with normal operations...
Rail-Highway Crossing Warning Device Life Cycle Cost Analysis
The Highway Safety Acts of 1973 and 1976, and the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978 provide funds to individual states to improve safety at public rail-highway crossings. This report was undertaken in support of a U.S. DOT effort to improve the efficient allocation and use of these...
Grade Crossing Accident Injury Minimization Study
The purpose of this study was to identify and evaluate potential concepts for reducing injuries to highway occupants and train occupants in rail-highway grade crossing collisions. A review of railroad, highway vehicle, and aviation sources was made. The identified concepts were principally those...