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Highway Railroad Grade Crossings: A Guide to Crossing Consolidation and Closure
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1994-07-01
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Abstract:The consolidation of redundant and unnecessary highway-rail grade crossings is a key element in the Department of Transportation's Action Plan to improve grade crossing safety. To put the case for crossing consolidation in perspective, there are 280,000 public and private at-grade crossings in the United States. In some localities there is literally a crossing every block. Unnecessary and redundant crossings strain both the public funds for crossing safety warning devices and the resources of the law enforcement agencies that enforce the traffic laws on highway-rail grade crossings. The Guide to Crossing Consolidation and Closure addresses the main obstacle to the rationalization of redundant crossings, namely local opposition. Almost any proposal that involves the closure of a grade crossing is met with local concern about emergency vehicle response time, traffic delays, neighborhood impacts and public convenience. The Guide provides a model for working effectively with local communities to successfully implement a grade crossing consolidation project. The Guide is based on a DOT staff study of grade crossing consolidation and closure projects. The Guide reflects the key elements of the best strategies being used by individual state, federal, and railroad officials to win local support for crossing consolidation projects. We encourage officials who are responsible for highway-rail crossing safety to use the Guide.
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