Pilot Implementation for Preventing Incorrect Turns at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings [Summary]

Details

• Creators:
  Lin, Pei-Sung ; Bradley, Catherine
• Corporate Creators:
  University of South Florida. Center for Urban Transportation Research
• Corporate Contributors:
  Florida Department of Transportation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • At grade intersections
  • Countermeasures
  • Highway safety
  • Plan implementation
  • Railroad grade crossings
  • Railroad safety
  • Railroad tracks
  • Road markings
  • Turning traffic
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Florida
• Edition:
  Research Brief
• Contracting Officer:
  Bradley, Catherine
• Corporate Publisher:
  Florida Department of Transportation
• Abstract:
  Incorrect turns onto railroad tracks may occur if a highway-rail grade crossing is close to an intersection or a freeway on-ramp. This project aimed to evaluate three low-cost countermeasures to prevent incorrect turns onto railroad tracks: (1) elimination of potentially misleading pavement markings and signs before railroad crossings, (2) implementation of straight arrow pavement markings with guidance information before railroad crossings, and (3) installation of Qwick Kurb to prevent drivers from making U-turns at railroad crossings. A surrogate safety measure, hesitation rate in the upstream of at-grade railroad crossings, was developed to represent the risk of incorrect turns onto railroad tracks.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  BDV25-977-54
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/74629/dot_74629_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 340.29 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6d2ad3a78cb83f993b848988d448e0af8310aa04668e03bb1d8def003c446fa0c5b6500e942c1c93e2e40d5580b318a11bf771594fbd2819cf108fcd2455bca8