The development of highway-rail grade crossing consolidation guidelines provides federal endorsement for the closure and consolidation of unneeded highway-rail grade crossings. The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Office of Research and Development tasked the Research and Innovative Technology Administration John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) with supporting FRA Office of Safety in the update of the 1994 Grade Crossing Consolidation manual. The Volpe Center conducted literature and regulation reviews and solicited information from states about their crossing consolidation programs. The information and experiences were compiled into key subject areas. These subject areas are topics for state and local officials to consider during the crossing consolidation process. Best practices and lessons learned are provided as examples. Crossing consolidation is crucial to public safety and economic development. Consolidating crossings ensures the ability of the railroads to play a constructive role in the national transportation system and to reduce congestion. The best practices, success stories, and tools offered in this document are a means to provide support and technical assistance in developing a successful program.
The objective of this multi-phase project was to develop a set of guidelines for the use and design of rumble strips in Missouri which addresses the n...
Predictive enforcement braking is one of the key concepts behind positive train control (PTC) systems. If a train is on the verge of overrunning a tar...
Links with this icon indicate that you are leaving a Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS)/National Transportation Library (NTL)
Web-based service.
Thank you for visiting.
You are about to access a non-government link outside of
the U.S. Department of Transportation's National
Transportation Library.
Please note: While links to Web sites outside of DOT are
offered for your convenience, when you exit DOT Web sites,
Federal privacy policy and Section 508 of the Rehabilitation
Act (accessibility requirements) no longer apply. In
addition, DOT does not attest to the accuracy, relevance,
timeliness or completeness of information provided by linked
sites. Linking to a Web site does not constitute an
endorsement by DOT of the sponsors of the site or the
products presented on the site. For more information, please
view DOT's Web site linking policy.
To get back to the page you were previously viewing, click
your Cancel button.