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Recommendations for KYTC's railway/highway at-grade crossing management practices.
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2014-12-01
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Abstract:An ideal Railway/Highway At-Grade Crossing Management program involves selecting cost-effective
practices when designing new crossings and rehabilitating existing crossings. This report outlines two
strategies to enhance KYTC’s existing program. First, it describes a process that uses decision-option
diagrams to optimize the assessment and implementation of engineering solutions in order to restore
desired smoothness, minimize settlement in the post-construction phase, and foster acceptable long-term
performance of crossings following their rehabilitation. Decision-option diagrams rely on assessments that
are site-specific and based on historical performance, the present observed performance and condition, and
the measureable parameters specific to particular crossings. To supplement this process, the second
strategy that this report proposes is the establishment of an effective managerial structure at KYTC that
streamlines decision-making to ensure that the selected design is properly applied and implemented. Taken
together, these proposals will significantly improve the state’s ability to systematically and cost-effectively
repair deteriorated crossings.
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