Saguenay Wayside Horn Evaluation Project

This study assessed the effectiveness of wayside horns at two grade crossings in Saguenay Quebec. The objectives were to assess the location specific: safety effectiveness, noise reduction effectiveness, and reliability of the wayside horn systems installed in Saguenay. The scope of work involved in-vehicle and on-site sound measurements and field tests of icing and snow ingestion. Safety effectiveness considerations include drivers stopped at grade crossings and drivers approaching grade crossings. Recommendations are made to modify the temporal pattern of the wayside horns, limit its duration and to set its health monitoring threshold to 92 dBA.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transport Canada

  Transportation Development Centre
  Place de Ville, Tower C, 330 Sparks Street, 26th Floor
  Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0N5  Canada 

  TranSys Research Limited

  682 Milford Drive
  Kingston, Ontario K7M 6B4,   Canada 
• Authors:
  • English, Gordon
  • Wilde, Gerald
• Publication Date: 2006-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 47p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Audible warning devices; Evaluation and assessment; Highway safety; Horns; Noise control; Railroad grade crossings; Railroad safety; Wayside signals
• Geographic Terms: Quebec (Province)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01118120
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: TP 14616E
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 30 2008 12:37PM