Railroad Trespass Hot Spots

The objective of this research is to develop a methodology for the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and other interested organizations to study locations of high concentration of train/vehicle and trespass incidents and fatality events known as "hot spots." The results of this work will aid the Federal Government and State agencies in targeting mitigation strategies. The University of Waterloo in Canada has performed similar research of rail hot spots. The initial task of this research will be to develop a project implementation plan and produce two scoping documents. This was a FY08 project.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Program Information: Grade Crossing & Trespass Safety

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $123118.00
• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Railroad Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Allen, Len

• Performing Organizations:

  Federal Railroad Administration

  Office of Safety
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC    20590

  California Public Utilities Commission

  ,    

  Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

  55 Broadway
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142
• Start Date: 20071001
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20081001
• Source Data: RiP Project 30733

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Fatalities; Hazard mitigation; Incident management; Railroad transportation; Trespassers
• Uncontrolled Terms: Hot spot identification
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01465240
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Department of Transportation
• Files: RiP, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 2:57PM