Classification of Railroad Crossings in Indiana by Roughness [Technical Summary]

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• Alternative Title:
  Technology Transfer and Project Implementation Information
• Creators:
  Williams, Thomas A.
• Corporate Creators:
  Purdue University. Joint Transportation Research Program
• Corporate Contributors:
  Indiana Department of Transportation ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Contracts Correlation Analysis Data Analysis Maintenance Railroad Grade Crossings Ride Quality Roughness Software Strategic Planning
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/IN/JTRP-2003/4
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Indiana
• Corporate Publisher:
  Indiana Department of Transportation
• Abstract:
  This report has shown the work that was performed in trying to develop a rating scale (RCI) for determining acceptable, and unacceptable, levels of roughness associated with railroad-highway grade crossings. This report has also shown the reasons why this study failed to produce the desired results. The following is a summary of the reasons why the study failed: This method of defining a section of road works well for referencing various data by giving the user of the data the ability to physically locate and identify the specific area where the data was collected. Unfortunately, since the data is evaluated at the ‘contract level’, some features of a section of road are omitted when roughness data is analyzed, and thereby are not included in the overall results. The data necessary for calculating the roughness of these features is collected at the same time as the rest of the section, but it is omitted from the rest of the data when analyzed. Bridge decks, intersections, under-passes, and railroad crossings are all examples of features that are omitted when analyzing roughness data because they are not a part of the contract being evaluated.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  SPR-2128
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6d376d885edc9e35578b99a51ec16ab7e3b2d765063586a97d8b86752930b2183bfabc1b55757f59fd77110d6844103910277faceab74e8d27cd75188563db70
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/89840/dot_89840_DS1.pdf
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