Applying Safety Treatments to Rail-Highway At-grade Crossings

Details

• Creators:
  Cooper, Douglas L. ; Ragland, David R.
• Corporate Creators:
  University of California, Berkeley. Safe Transportation Research and Education Center
• Corporate Contributors:
  California. Dept. of Transportation. Division of Research and Innovation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Railroad facilities
  • Railroad grade crossings
  • At grade intersections
  • Railroad safety Rail
  • Highway
  • At-grade crossings
  • Safety
• Publication/ Report Number:
  CA13-1732
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  California
• Edition:
  Final report; 7/21/2009-2/29/2012.
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of California, Berkeley. Safe Transportation Research and Education Center
• Abstract:
  The best solution to rail crossing crashes is to remove the need for the driver to engage in a potentially faulty decision-making process by ; making it impossible, or at least very difficult, for the driver to bypass lowered gates. Two methods, median separators and long-arm gates, ; have been deployed in many locations and shown to prevent deaths and injuries while remaining economically feasible. Any comprehensive ; safety program must begin by first identifying crossings where the risk of collision is unacceptably high, and where safety countermeasures are ; most warranted. Since this process is highly dependent on the accuracy of our state’s inventory database, bringing it up to date and putting it ; into a readily accessible format should be the top priority for all involved in California rail.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  TA-65A0319
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/25229/dot_25229_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.42 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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