Evaluation of Alternative Detection Technologies for Trains and Highway Vehicles at Highway Rail Intersections

Reiff, R P; Gage, S E; Carroll, A A; Gordon, J E; Transportation Technology Center, Inc.; John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.); United States. Federal Railroad Administration

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Evaluation of Alternative Detection Technologies for Trains and Highway Vehicles at Highway Rail Intersections

2003-02-01
By Reiff, R P ; Gage, S E ; Carroll, A A ; ...

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Reiff, R P ; Gage, S E ; Carroll, A A ; Gordon, J E

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Transportation Technology Center, Inc. ; John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.) ; United States. Federal Railroad Administration

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Location Performance Tests Prototypes Railroad Grade Crossings Sensors Technological Innovations Vehicle Detectors
Publication/ Report Number:

DOT/FRA/ORD-03/04, ; DOT-VNTSC-FRA-03-02, ; Final Report

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Tech Report
TRIS Online Accession Number:

00969924
OCLC Number:

54402814
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Final report; October 1999 - July 2001
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United States. Federal Railroad Administration
NTL Classification:

NTL-RAIL TRANSPORTATION-Rail Safety;NTL-RAIL TRANSPORTATION-Railroad Highway Grade Crossings;NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Rail Safety;NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITY;NTL-INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS-INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS;NTL-INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS-Roadway Operations and Maintenance;
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Five technologies were evaluated for their ability to detect trains and/or highway vehicles approaching and occupying highway railroad intersections. Tests were conducted on the performance of these technologies during October and November 1999 at the Federal Railroad Administration's Transportation Technology Center in Pueblo, Colorado. The categories of evaluation include train approach detection, train island detection, static highway vehicle detection and dynamic highway vehicle detection. Intelligent Transportation System information was also collected to evaluate the technologies' ability to determine train direction, train speed and train length. Results suggest that although promising performance was observed, most of the prototype systems using these alternative detection technologies did not always interpret train and highway vehicle presence within prescribed limits. In some instances, these problems were due to the placement of sensors. In revenue service applications, alternate locations for certain sensors may improve performance. Features of some of the prototype detection systems tested were encouraging and future evaluations are planned.
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DTFR53-93-C-00001, Task 123
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Federal Railroad Administration Volpe Center
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