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Researchers at Michigan Technological University used Second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP2) naturalistic driving study (NDS) data and a driving simulator to perform a quantitative evaluation of driver behavior at highway-rail grade crossings (HRGCs). They developed a 3-point scale to...
The Federal Railroad Administration has sponsored the Rail Transportation and Engineering Center (RailTEC) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s (Illinois) to conduct a comprehensive investigation into timber crosstie spike fastener failures on North American railroads. As a...
Tests were performed to determine the ultraweldability (i.e., improved steel material which does not require preheating or post-heating during manufacturing or during reconditioning) of five steels that were identified during previous Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) research conducted by...
From September 2016 to December 2017, the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Office of Research, Development and Technology funded a research investigation by, conducted by Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) to study two types of improved truck casting materials under this Phase...