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Title: PEDESTRIAN WARNING AND CONTROL DEVICES, GUIDELINES, AND CASE STUDIES
Accession Number: 00820031
Record Type: Component
Record URL: Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Find a library where document is available Abstract: A high percentage of collisions between light rail vehicles (LRVs) and pedestrians result in injuries or fatalities. As such, properly identifying potentially hazardous crossings and providing pedestrian treatments to those crossings are integral to the design of new light rail transit systems or extensions and for the evaluation of existing systems. An approach is discussed to select pedestrian treatments at grade crossings, and examples of innovative treatments for existing systems are given. The focus is four key factors that enable pedestrians to walk through a grade crossing safely: (a) pedestrian awareness of the crossing, which can be enhanced by passive signs and tactile warnings; (b) the pedestrian path across the trackway, which is subject to pedestrian channelization and positive control devices; (c) pedestrian awareness of and ability to see an approaching LRV, which depends on pedestrian sight distance at the crossing and can be improved through active warning devices; and (d) pedestrian understanding of the potential hazards at grade crossings, which requires public outreach and education. These four factors are discussed, and treatments for each are provided.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1762, Transit Rail, Commuter Rail, Major Activity Center Circulation Systems, Light Rail, and Ferry Service.
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Siques, J TPagination: p. 18-24
Publication Date: 2001
Serial: ISBN: 0309072239
Features: Figures
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TRT Terms: Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Railroads
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Nov 20 2001 12:00AM
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