rail grade crossings

Highway-rail grade crossings: driver behavior at railroad and level crossings, gate and signal compliance, train conspicuity and approach-speed misjudgment, crossing crash patterns, and warning device effectiveness at passive and active crossings. The specific rail-crossing environment and its driver-behavior problems, distinct from intersection_design (road-road junctions) and from signage_environment (general roadway signing).

599 paper(s) · ranked by relevance to this topic

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  2. Enhancements to Passive Warning Devices at Railroad-Highway Grade Crossings · 1994 · Fambro, Daniel B. et al. · archived
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  86. Field Test of the Grade Severity Rating System (GSRS) · 1985 · Hanscom, Fred R. · archived
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