FRA PROPOSES REQUIREMENTS FOR TRAIN HORNS AT PUBLIC HIGHWAY-RAIL GRADE CROSSINGS

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) proposed a rule that would require trains to sound their horns at public highway-rail grade crossings except at select crossings in communities that meet specific criteria for quiet zones. The proposed rule describes safety measures that communities could use in an established quiet zone that would still deter drivers from taking risks at crossings. These measures include the use of four quadrant gates, channelization devices or crossing closures at highway-rail grade crossings, or photo enforcement to deter violators. The rule also proposed a limit for the volume of the trains' horns.

• Record URL:
  http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/00marapr/alongroad.cfm
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• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 2000-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 53
• Serial:
  • Public Roads
  • Volume: 63
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Federal Highway Administration
  • ISSN: 0033-3735
  • Serial URL: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: At grade intersections; Grade crossing protection systems; Highways; Horns; Law enforcement; Railroad grade crossings; Railroad trains; Safety
• Identifier Terms: U.S. Federal Railroad Administration
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Vehicles and Equipment; I73: Traffic Control; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00790643
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 10 2000 12:00AM