CROSSING WITH SAFETY : RAILROAD CROSSING ACCIDENTS, SUCH AS THE ONE IN FRANCE IN SEPTEMBER WHICH KILLED 13 PEOPLE, COULD BE PREVENTED USING ITS TECHNOLOGIES

This article addresses Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) applications to safety issues at railroad crossings. It describes the concept of positive train separators and other technologies designed to prevent accidents at railroad crossings.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: September/October 1997
• Corporate Authors:

  SCHOTT GLASWERKE

  HATTENBERGSTR 10
  MAINZ,   Germany  D-55122

  Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive
  Pasadena, CA  United States  91103
• Authors:
  • Gribbon, Amy
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 105-107
• Serial:
  • ITS international. Issue no. 12
  • Publisher: SCHOTT GLASWERKE

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Railroad transportation; Safety; Traffic control
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00783059
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: PATH
• Created Date: Feb 16 2000 12:00AM