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Preliminary results of the trespass prevention research study in West Palm Beach, Florida

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  • Creators:
    da Silva, Marco P. ORCID ICON IMG ; Carroll, Anya A.
  • Corporate Creators:
    John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
  • Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Publication/ Report Number:
    JRC2011-56091
  • Resource Type:
    Proceedings
  • Geographical Coverage:
    Florida
  • Corporate Publisher:
    United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration
  • Abstract:
    The United States Department of Transportation’s (US ; DOT) Research and Innovative Technology Administration’s ; John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe ; Center), under the direction of the US DOT Federal Railroad ; Administration (FRA) Office of Research and Development ; (R&D), is conducting a Trespass Prevention Research Study ; (TPRS) in the city of West Palm Beach, Florida. ; The main objective of this research is to demonstrate ; potential benefits, including documenting best practices and ; lessons learned, of implementation and evaluation of trespass ; prevention strategies on the rail network in West Palm Beach, ; Florida and all of its rights-of-way. ; This technical paper will describe and provide the most ; up-to-date results from this study, which is beginning its ; second year of a three year study period. The cumulative ; results of the trespass prevention strategies will be analyzed to ; better inform the determination of areas of potential risk, ; develop solutions to prevent and minimize risk exposure and ; implement successful countermeasures in the future. ; Preliminary analysis from the WPB corridor trespass ; prevention activities are described in this technical paper. The ; ultimate objective of the research is to aid in the development ; of national recommendations or guidelines for reducing ; trespass-related incidents and fatalities.
  • Format:
    PDF
  • Download URL:
    https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/9134/dot_9134_DS1.pdf
  • File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 853.10 KB]
  • Collection(s):
    Volpe Center ; Federal Railroad Administration
  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:8b0886b0a3a2425e361fe1519ac1726bbfbf79ff8e7992c67439e2d8516d76470713f6a62225673f83344063de4ff37259cabf1bf8e9596b731762a062c3d5bb
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