FRA funded grade crossing safety & trespass prevention research (June 2007 - present).

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Federal Railroad Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Railroad grade crossings
  • Trespassers
  • Railroad safety
  • Technological innovations
  • Research reports
• Publication/ Report Number:
  RR 15-16
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Railroad Administration
• Abstract:
  FRA’s Office of R&D and Office of Railroad ; Safety have been actively supporting highway-rail grade crossing safety and trespass ; prevention research to improve safety. Below ; is a list of technical reports and research results ; from FRA-funded projects on these topics since ; 2007. ; The research work has focused on both the ; benefits of new technology and improved ; understanding and altering of human behavior ; at highway-rail grade crossings and railroad ; right-of-way. ; FRA sponsors grade crossing safety and ; trespass prevention workshops where a wide ; range of stakeholders are invited to participate ; including Federal, State, local agencies, ; academia, private industry, and community ; community-based organizations and ; advocates. The goal of these gatherings is to ; solicit ideas, identify innovative solutions to ; common problems, and share lessons learned ; nationally and internationally to drive both the ; safety oversight and research and development ; programs.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/28980/dot_28980_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 286.23 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Railroad Administration ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:be5ad6b5c9bf0035851dc9d3a9adc9f7eb5634a11a9e33b99c81c539ccc62fb2