Priority, Market-Ready Technologies and Innovations: Highway Rail Warning System

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Priority, Market-Ready Technologies and Innovations: Highway Rail Warning System

2004-03-01
By United States. Federal Highway Administration

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United States. Federal Highway Administration
Contributors:

Huft, Dave
Corporate Contributors:

South Dakota. Department of Transportation
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Publication/ Report Number:

FHWA-HRT-04-073
Resource Type:

Brief
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Corporate Publisher:

United States. Federal Highway Administration
Abstract:

Every year thousands of trains and vehicles collide at railroad crossings. In 2002, these accidents caused 311 deaths and 859 injuries. The increased use of active warning systems could prevent many of these deaths and injuries. However, installing conventional technology at low vehicle-volume railroad crossings in rural areas is cost-prohibitive; it costs an estimated $100,000 to $150,000 to upgrade a railroad crossing using conventional technologies. These high costs are because many passive crossings in rural areas are miles from electric power lines.
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https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/59152/dot_59152_DS1.pdf
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[PDF - 358.33 KB]
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Federal Highway Administration
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