MERITS AND ECONOMICS OF MARKING AND SIGNING GRADE CROSSINGS
THERE HAS BEEN NO LEGISLATIVE ACTION OR ISSUANCE OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION ORDERS DEALING WITH THE SIGNING OF PRIVATE GRADE CROSSINGS SINCE THE 1968-1969 REPORT OF YOUR COMMITTEE ON THIS SUBJECT. HOWEVER, THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ISSUED DECISION NO. 75094, DECEMBER 17, 1968, ORDERING THE INSTALLATION WITHIN TWO YEARS OF TWO PRIVATE RAILROAD GRADE CROSSING SIGNS AT EACH PRIVATE GRADE CROSSING NOT EQUIPPED WITH AUTOMATIC PROTECTION, ONE FACING EACH ROAD APPROACH, UNLESS THERE IS NO SPACE TO LOCATE THE SIGN OR SIGNS. THIS PRIVATE RAILROAD GRADE CROSSING SIGN IS A STANDARD 24-INCH OCTAGONAL STOP SIGN WITH A REFLECTORIZED SIGN MOUNTED BELOW THE STOP SIGN READING, "PRIVATE R. R. CROSSING." AN ADDITIONAL SIGN IS PERMITTED BELOW THE "PRIVATE R. R. CROSSING" SIGN READING, "NO TRESSPASSING, RIGHT TO PASS BY PERMISSION, SUBJECT TO CONTROL BY OWNER, SECTION 1088, CIVIL CODE." THE "NO TRESPASSING" MESSAGE IS OPTIONAL BY THE RAILROAD. BOTH SIGNS ARE REFLECTORIZED. WITH RESPECT TO THE SIGNING OF PUBLIC CROSSINGS, A CANVASS HAS BEEN MADE OF THE RAILROADS, WHICH INDICATED THAT FEW NOW MAINTAIN ANY PAINTED CROSSBUCKS. THAT IS TO SAY, FEW RAILROADS REPORT ALLOCATING ANY EXPENSES TO THE PAINTING OF CROSSBUCKS, BUT PHASE THESE SIGNS OUT OR HAVE ESTABLISHED SYSTEM PROGRAMS FOR THEIR REPLACEMENT WITH REFLECTORIZED SIGNS. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME NEW DESIGNS FOR GRADE CROSSING SIGNS REPORTED TO THIS COMMITTEE WHICH ARE BEING TRIED BY VARIOUS RAILROADS AT CERTAIN SPECIFIC LOCATIONS ON AN EXPERIMENTAL BASIS. HOWEVER, NONE OF THESE SIGNS HAS BEEN IN SERVICE A SUFFICIENT LENGTH OF TIME TO DETERMINE THEIR EFFECTIVENESS. THESE SIGNS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED BOTH WITH AND WITHOUT ACCOMPANYING ADVANCE WARNING SIGNS OF VARIOUS DESIGNS. /AREAB/
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Supplemental Notes:
- No 623, P 152
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Authors:
- Walbright, H W
- Publication Date: 1969-11
Media Info
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: At grade intersections; Laws; Railroad grade crossings; Railroad signals; Reflectorized materials; Traffic signs; Warning signs
- Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00225622
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Apr 9 1971 12:00AM