Drivers' Perceptions of Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety and Their Behavior
In this project the researchers will investigate motor vehicle drivers' characteristics, their perceptions of safety at crossings, understanding and comprehension of traffic signs/signals at crossings, and their self-reported unsafe maneuvers at highway-rail grade crossings in two cities of Nebraska: Fremont and Lincoln. A two-stage mail contact survey design will be used including an initial mail invitation and one subsequent mail invitation to solicit responses from a sample of drivers in these two cities. The researchers will analyze collected data using appropriate statistical models to reveal drivers' characteristics involved in unsafe maneuvers at highway-rail grade crossings. Implications for improving safety will be assessed and recommendations prepared for improving public safety at highway-rail grade crossings.
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Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $112,037
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Contract Numbers:
DTRT13-G-UTC59
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Sponsor Organizations:
Research and Innovative Technology Administration
University Transportation Centers Program
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Lincoln, NE United States -
Principal Investigators:
Khattak, Aemal
- Start Date: 20131101
- Expected Completion Date: 20161231
- Actual Completion Date: 20161231
- Source Data: RiP Project 36687
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Behavior; Drivers; Perception; Postal service; Railroad grade crossings; Surveys; Traffic safety
- Geographic Terms: Fremont (Nebraska); Lincoln (Nebraska)
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01528393
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: University Transportation Center for Railway Safety
- Contract Numbers: DTRT13-G-UTC59
- Files: UTC, RIP
- Created Date: Jun 19 2014 1:00AM