Railroad-Highway Crossing (RHC) Safety Improvement Evaluation and Prioritization Tool
Safety performance ranking and prioritization of railroad-highway crossings (RHC) are primarily determined using a United States Department of Transportation (DOT) model to estimate "final accident prediction" at the crossing. The model uses many prediction factors and a constant. The model does take into account such safety treatments as passive devices, flashing lights, and gates. However, the model does not specifically address pedestrian safety treatments and crossing circuitry upgrades. The goal is to obtain pedestrian safety prediction factor values and circuitry upgrade prediction factor values that can be used in a modified FRA or Illinois model. Once the modified model is developed, the model will produce more accurately estimate of RHC safety performance and thus more accurate ranking and prioritization.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $385000
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Contract Numbers:
R27-218
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Sponsor Organizations:
Illinois Department of Transportation
Bureau of Materials and Physical Research
126 East Ash Street
Springfield, IL United States 62704-4766 -
Managing Organizations:
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Illinois Center for Transportation
1611 Titan Drive
Rantoul, IL United States 61866 -
Principal Investigators:
Sriraj, P
Fazio, Joseph
Kawamura, Kazuya
Metaxatos, Paul
- Start Date: 20200516
- Expected Completion Date: 20230515
- Actual Completion Date: 0
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Crash risk forecasting; Evaluation and assessment; Highway safety; Improvements; Mathematical prediction; Pedestrian safety; Railroad grade crossings; Railroad safety
- Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01739384
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Illinois Department of Transportation
- Contract Numbers: R27-218
- Files: RIP, STATEDOT
- Created Date: May 15 2020 12:15PM