Intelligent Camera Aided Railway Emergency System (i-CARES)

Description: Trespass casualties represent roughly 70% of accidents on railroad right-of-way (ROW) in North America. Ironically, more than 60% of collisions occur at crossings with automatic warning systems, and 34.7% occur at crossings that have flashing lights and gates. This is in part because there are several shortcomings with the existing grade crossing warning system, including that the flashing and gate arm only indicate an approaching train without information about its estimated arrival time. To improve safety at crossings, the research team will develop the first-ever Intelligent Camera-Aided Railway Emergency System (i-CARES). I-CARES will make use of image-based monitoring and surveillance, quantitative situational awareness assessment, and direct “two-way” communication and information sharing. I-CARES will offer automatic fault detection and notification for CBM, as well as imagery evidence for trespassing violations (similar to the Electronic Police Reports Online (ePRO) system). Intellectual Merit: This project will develop a first-of-its-kind, low-cost, field-deployable system to improve multi-modal safety at railroad grade crossings. Broader Impacts: I-CARES will benefit all travelers, including pedestrians, vehicles, and trains. It will save lives and avoid property damage in an efficient and economical way. Technology Transfer Plan: The outcomes from this project will be able to be used to develop prototype devices that can be installed at railroad crossings in the near future.

• Record URL:
  https://cecas.clemson.edu/C2M2/intelligent-camera-aided-railway-emergency-system-i-cares-final-report/

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $82276
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551747117

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Center for Connected Multimodal Mobility

  Clemson University
  Clemson, SC  United States  29634

  University of South Carolina, Columbia

  502 Byrnes Building
  Columbia, SC  United States  29208
• Managing Organizations:

  University of South Carolina, Columbia

  502 Byrnes Building
  Columbia, SC  United States  29208
• Project Managers:

  Qian, Yu

• Performing Organizations:

  University of South Carolina, Columbia

  502 Byrnes Building
  Columbia, SC  United States  29208
• Principal Investigators:

  Qian, Yu

  Rizos, Dimitris

• Start Date: 20181201
• Expected Completion Date: 20200831
• Actual Completion Date: 20210201
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cameras; Railroad crashes; Safety equipment
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01690759
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Center for Connected Multimodal Mobility
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747117
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Jan 11 2019 4:26PM