Engineering Design for Pedestrian Safety at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781542811699)

This research was conducted to assess innovative and practical solutions for pedestrian grade crossing treatments, to make recommendations and guidelines for future upgrade projects, and to identify additional research for pedestrian treatments for which safety benefit analyses have not been conducted or are not understood.In addition to researching publicly available information of use of pedestrian grade crossing treatments, an outreach effort was made to each commuter and intercity passenger railroad within the United States. Amtrak, Caltrain, Capital Metro, Coaster, Metrolink, New Jersey Transit, and Long Island Railroad responded and shared some of their solutions to pedestrian safety at railroad grade crossings. Their solutions include inter-track fencing, pedestrian gates, swing gates, channelization, and detectable warnings, as well as other devices (audible warnings, etc.) that are not the focus of this research

Author: Federal Railroad Administration, Development And Te Office of Research
ISBN-10: 1542811694
ISBN-13: 9781542811699
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 01/29/2017
Pages: 60
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.16d