Highway-Railway Grade Crossing Action Plan and Project Prioritization Noteworthy Practices Guide

Development of State Highway-railway Grade Crossing Action Plans (State Action Plans (SAPs)) were initially required by Section 202 of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (RSIA08), Public Law 110- 432, Division A, for the 10 States identified with the highest number of highway-railway grade crossing collisions over a specific 3-year period. The National Transportation Safety Board recommended to the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Railroad Administration (Recommendations H-12-60 and H-12-61) the development of a model grade crossing action plan that can be used as a resource document by all States interested in producing a SAP similar to those required for the 10 States in RSIA08. Section 11401 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act requires the Federal Railroad Administration to issue rules for developing a model state highway-railway grade crossing action plan and requires States to submit a SAP. It outlines a process for preparing a SAP and suggests an outline for SAP content. This document also details five overall noteworthy practices employed by State agencies in administering Federal and State highway-railway grade crossing protection programs.

• Record URL:
  https://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/hsip/xings/fhwasa16075/fhwasa16075.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Leidos Transportation Solutions Division

  111251 Roger Bacon Drive
  Reston, VA  United States  20190

  Texas A&M Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System
  3135 TAMU
  College Station, TX  United States  77843-3135

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Safety Research and Development
  6300 Georgetown Pike
  McLean, VA  United States  22101-2296

  Federal Railroad Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Rutter, Allan
  • Morgan, Curtis
  • Warner, Jeff
  • Graves, Brett
• Publication Date: 2016-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 72p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Best practices; Crash data; Crash locations; Grade crossing protection systems; Laws and legislation; Railroad grade crossings; Strategic planning; Transportation planning
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01637209
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-SA-16-075
• Contract Numbers: DTFH61-10-D-00024 Task Order No. T-12-003
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 1 2017 9:25AM