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This document was originally written as a Technical Memorandum for internal use by FRA in 2001. A substantial amount of research has been undertaken in the dozen years since this memorandum was produced, including a series of diary studies that provides details about when signalmen, maintenance...
The Federal Railroad Administration was interested in evaluating one type of pedestrian safety device, commonly known as gate skirts, that consists of a secondary horizontal hanging gate under the existing pedestrian gate to better block access to the crossing by pedestrians who gain...