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Title: RAIL-HIGHWAY GRADE CROSSING CONSOLIDATION IN KANSAS
Accession Number: 00756251
Record Type: Component
Record URL: Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: Consolidation or closure of unnecessary grade crossings is a cost-effective but difficult-to-achieve option for increasing the safety of highway-rail grade crossings. Consolidation not only needs traffic engineering expertise, it also needs the support of local government officials and citizens. It is as much a public relations effort as an engineering exercise. To win local support, proposals for closing selected crossings should appear reasonable to the public, that is, the public should be able to see a need or net benefit. A corridor study is more effective than targeting single crossings for closure. Selecting a corridor with high-potential closure candidates can be the key to the success of winning local approval. Finding the most "hazardous" crossings can help select high-potential corridors. The development of a model to pinpoint Kansas' best candidates for closure as a key step in selecting corridors where consolidation efforts should be concentrated is described.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1648, Railroad-Highway Grade Crossing Issues.
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 00765905
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Russell, E RMutabazi, M IPagination: p. 1-7
Publication Date: 1998
Serial: ISBN: 0309065208
Features: References
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Geographic Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Nov 19 1998 12:00AM
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