Enhanced Traffic Control Devices and Railroad Operations for Highway-Railroad Grade Crossings: Second-Year Activities

Details

• Creators:
  Fambro, Daniel B. ; Shull, Lee Anne ; Noyce, David A. ; Rahman, K. M. A.
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Technology Transfer Office ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Railroad grade crossings
  • Driving behavior
  • Human factors
  • Strobes
  • Collisions
  • Crashes
  • Traffic control devices Vehicle-Activated Strobe
  • Vehicle-Train Collisions
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/TX-98/1469-2
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas;United States
• Edition:
  Interim: October 1995-August 1996
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
• Abstract:
  This research developed, tested, evaluated, and recommended improved methods for communicating with drivers at both active and passive highway-railroad grade crossings to accomplish the study objectives. A driver comprehension survey of highway-railroad grade crossing traffic control devices, an in-vehicle observation of driver behavior at highway-railroad grade crossings, an evaluation of experimental passive sign systems previously installed at highway-railroad grade crossings, and the development of enhanced traffic control devices are documented in this report.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  0-1469
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/82868/dot_82868_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 16.01 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4237cfbe05ea76a659b5af7291151d8e837b54a6ccf11a3cc0fa571900c86c8e176b92c55af8356d33a95301093c82ee09a52bed81ec6a64c0745763fc200649