Railroads
Gate Skirts Research at a Highway-Rail Grade Crossing in Ramsey, NJ
The Volpe Center and FRA evaluated the effectiveness of a pedestrian gate enhancement, commonly known as a gate skirt, to deter pedestrians from violating active grade crossing warnings at the E. Main St. crossing in Ramsey, New Jersey. The goal of the added secondary gates is to reduce the...
Law Enforcement Strategies for Reducing Trespassing – Pilot Program
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, under the direction of the U.S. DOT’s Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Research, Development, and Technology, evaluated the impacts of a program for four law enforcement agencies to...
Side Impact Test and Analyses of a DOT-111 (CPC-1232) Tank Car
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) conducted a side impact test on a DOT-111 tank car at the Transportation Technology Center (TTC) to evaluate its performance under dynamic impact conditions, and to provide data for the verification and refinement of a computational model. The tankcar...
Railroad Industry Workforce Development Survey
In 2009, the Federal Railroad Administration’s Workforce Development Team (FRA-WDT) conducted extensive research on this subject with railroad industry stakeholders (e.g., Class I freight and passenger railroads, shortline and regional railroads, labor unions, major associations, academia, and...
Northern Columbia Basin Rail Project (NCBRP) – Washington State
The Federal Railroad Administration is administering a Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Fostering Advancements in Shipping and Transportation for the Long-term Achievement of National Efficiencies (FASTLANE) grant to the Port of Moses Lake (Port) for the construction and restoration of approximately 8...