Rail Crossings: A Strategy to Select Countermeasure Improvements for Rail-Highway Crossings in California
Rail crossing crashes have declined in the past 30 years, both nationally and in California. This is largely attributed to the closing of a large number of crossings as well as the deployment of a wide range of countermeasures, including signal systems, gating and grade separation programs. However, the number of crashes and subsequent injuries and deaths is still unacceptably high. Rail crossings provide different levels of warnings from four-quadrant gates down to stop signs. To understand how the state of California can best utilize state and federal funding available through SAFETEA-LU for making the state’s 7,719 at-grade rail-highway crossings safer, this report presents an analysis of the effectiveness of different types of railroad crossing warning devices with a cost-benefit comparison.
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Authors:
- Cooper, Douglas L
- MacLeod, Kara E
- Ragland, David R
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Conference:
- Transportation Research Board 86th Annual Meeting
- Location: Washington DC, United States
- Date: 2007-1-21 to 2007-1-25
- Date: 2007
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: CD-ROM
- Features: References; Tables;
- Pagination: 11p
- Monograph Title: TRB 86th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers CD-ROM
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Countermeasures; Grade separations; Railroad crashes; Railroad grade crossings; Railroad safety; Railroad signals; Railroad traffic control; Railroad trains; Railroad transportation; Warning devices
- Identifier Terms: Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users
- Geographic Terms: California
- Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01045974
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: 07-3231
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Feb 8 2007 7:56PM