PROCEEDINGS 1972 CONFERENCE ON RAILROAD-HIGHWAY GRADE CROSSING SAFETY. 29-31 AUGUST 1972, HELD AT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, COLUMBUS

The objective of the conference was to bring together key interest groups to discuss new ways and means to insure increased safety and to achieve optimum efficiency in the use of both highway and railroad facilities. The report contains presentations made by various experts in railroad, highway, and urban affairs. Individual sessions were devoted to urban railroad problems; train-activated rail-highway protection; passive devices at rail-highway crossings; implementation of major crossing protection programs; warrants for safety improvements at crossings; and maintenance of automatic protection devices at grade crossings.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared in cooperation with Highway Research Board, Washington, D.C. and National Safety Council, Chicago, Ill. See also PB-222 039.
• Corporate Authors:

  Ohio State University, Columbus

  190 North Oval Drive
  Columbus, OH  United States  43210
• Publication Date: 1972-8-31

Media Info

• Pagination: 76 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automation; Facilities; Grade crossing protection systems; Highways; Intersections; Meetings; Methodology; Optimization; Railroad grade crossings; Railroads; Reviews; Safety; Safety engineering; Safety equipment; Signaling; Traffic safety; Urban areas
• Identifier Terms: U.S. Federal Railroad Administration
• Old TRIS Terms: Fra; Grade crossing safety
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00050733
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: NTIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1976 12:00AM