Traffic signal operations near highway-rail grade crossings

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• Creators:
  Korve, H. W.
• Corporate Contributors:
  National Cooperative Highway Research Program ; Korve Engineering, Inc. ; American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) ; United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Railroad grade crossings
  • Grade crossing protection systems
  • Traffic signals
  • Highways
  • Intersections
  • Literature review
  • Operations research
  • Railroad grade crossing
  • Surveys
  • Tr
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• Publication/ Report Number:
  TRB/NCHRP/SYN-271
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  National Cooperative Highway Research Program
• Abstract:
  This report of the Transportation Research Board presents information on the policies ; and operational characteristics of highway-rail grade crossing warning devices and details ; on system components, including advance warning times, train detection, and traffic signal ; interconnection. In addition, several advanced highway-rail grade crossing warning ; systems in operation are described. Information on highway traffic signal systems is presented, ; including traffic controller preemption system characteristics. The need for ; agency coordination on signal preemption is emphasized. Based on the survey of highway ; and rail agencies conducted for this synthesis, there appears to be a need to improve ; the compatibility between traffic operations at highway-rail grade crossings and traffic ; operations at signalized intersections in the vicinity of the crossing. ; This synthesis is an immediately useful document that records the practices that were ; acceptable within the limitations of the knowledge available at the time of its preparation. ; As the processes of advancement continue, new knowledge can be expected to be added ; to that now at hand.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/15663/dot_15663_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.91 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4f9f7c5d7172743800fe7155a976225fb499f0f5f3fd2e7286c7925ec8491ac96d57c0862bddbb2e82e7f7421088dfb42852978fa0820952cc18a249ab028ecf