Implementation of a rail crossing condition index: A) rideability assessment and B) hump crossing evaluation.

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• Creators:
  Souleyrette, Reginald R.
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Kentucky. Dept. of Civil Engineering
• Contributors:
  Wang, Teng
• Corporate Contributors:
  National University Rail Center (NURail) ; United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Railroad grade crossings
  • Roughness
  • Condition surveys
  • Ride quality
  • Implementation
  • Rail crossing conditiong index
  • rideability assessment
  • hump crossing evaluation
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Kentucky
• Corporate Publisher:
  National University Rail Center (NURail)
• Abstract:
  Annually, over 2000 rail highway crossing crashes in the U.S. result in nearly 300 fatalities. Crossing ; roughness is a concern for the motoring public from a comfort and vehicle maintenance perspective, ; and to highway authorities from a maintenance perspective. Roughness may even increase the risk of ; crossing crashes. However, with 216,000 rail highway grade crossings in the US, maintenance ; management is a large undertaking. Crossings deteriorate over time, sometimes rapidly, and life cycle ; costs increase without preventive maintenance. However, while methods are available to quantify ; highway roughness, no method currently exists to quantitatively assess the condition of rail crossings. ; Because conventional inspection relies on qualitative judgment based on an inspector’s perception of ; the crossing, effect on different vehicles and perception by other drivers is unknown. Further, ; roughness may be due to as-built geometry, crossing deterioration, or a combination of both. A ; quantifiable and extensible procedure is thus desired and is the subject of this report.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  NURAIL2015-UKY-R10 (A) ; DTRT13-G-UTC52
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/31786/dot_31786_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.99 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:61bf549c83f3a91302867882bcb6d87174f419576214820273f93a9666520eff