NTL-RAIL TRANSPORTATION-RAIL TRANSPORTATION;NTL-RAIL TRANSPORTATION-Railroad Highway Grade Crossings;NTL-RAIL TRANSPORTATION-Rail Safety;NTL-RAIL TRANSPORTATION-Rail Planning and Policy;NTL-RAIL TRANSPORTATION-Rail Economics and Finance;
Abstract:
This report reviews the California Railroad-Highway Grade Crossing Program, analyzing the factors influencing the reduction in grade crossing accidents. The repor concludes that the greater than average success in grade crossing installation and maintenance of grade crossing warning devices, a strong, well managed Public Utilities Commission providing the analytical support for crossing improvement decisions, unusually strong safet efforts by the financially healthy railroads operating within the state, and an effective framework for city-county-state cooperative determination of grade crossing priorities. California ranks eighth overall in terms of active protection installed and first in the percentages of total crossings equpped with automatic gate insallations. Areas for potential improvement and refinement of the California progam are likewise discussed.
Development of State Highway-railway Grade Crossing Action Plans (State Action Plans (SAPs)) were initially required by Section 202 of the Rail Safety...
In response to a DOT study of rail-highway grade crossing safety in the United States, the Congress passed the Highway Safety Act of 1973 which earmar...
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