Electronic Surveillance of Railroad-Highway Crossings for Collison Avoidance, State of the Practice

While the highway-rail grade crossing collision rate has fallen steadily since 1980, opportunities remain to further improve grade crossing safety through a mix of engineering, education and enforcement of applicable traffic laws. Electronic surveillance through rail crossing cameras has been increasingly employed to monitor grade crossings. Information gained from analysis of the surveillance data can then enhance engineering, education and enforcement efforts. The objective of this study is to document current practices and lessons learned from rail service providers regarding the successes and failures of rail crossing camera programs. The synthesis will also touch on potential future advancements in rail crossing surveillance.

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=5370

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Proposed
• Funding: $55000
• Contract Numbers:

  Project J-07, Topic SA-59

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Transit Cooperative Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC    20001

  Federal Transit Administration

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

  Garcia-Colberg, Mariela

• Performing Organizations:
  ,   Germany 

  AAAJ, LLC

  City,   United States 
• Principal Investigators:

  Varma, Amiy

• Start Date: 20220429
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Highway safety; Railroad grade crossings; Railroad safety; Traffic surveillance
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01846746
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project J-07, Topic SA-59
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: May 24 2022 10:35AM