USING ITS TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND MOBILITY AT RAILROAD-HIGHWAY GRADE CROSSINGS

This paper describes seven active projects supported by the U.S. Dept. of Transportation that examine how intelligent transportation systems can improve safety and efficiency of travel at railroad grade crossings: (1) Minnesota Guidestar; (2) Maryland, Baltimore Light Rail Transit "Second Train Coming"; (3) Texas, San Antonio AWARD; (4) Connecticut Four-Quadrant Gate System; (5) Illinois, Gary-Chicago- Milwaukee Corridor; (6) California, Los Angeles light Rail Transit "Second Train Coming"; (7) New York, Long Island Railroad

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: October 1999 Remarks: Presented at 1999 Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety Conference, College Station, Tex., October 1999
• Corporate Authors:

  Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive
  Pasadena, CA  United States  91103
• Authors:
  • Polk, Amy Ellen
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 8 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced traffic management systems; Policy; Railroad transportation; Safety
• Subject Areas: Policy; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00783380
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: PATH
• Created Date: Feb 16 2000 12:00AM