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Title:

PLAN OF ACTION TO REDUCE VEHICLE-TRAIN CRASHES IN ALABAMA

Accession Number:

00756252

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309065208

Abstract:

In April 1996, the state of Alabama Legislature, through the passage of Act 503, directed the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) to conduct a comprehensive study of rail-highway grade crossings in the state and recommend methods to drastically reduce the number of vehicle-train crashes. Senate Act 503 states: "...That the Alabama Department of Transportation is directed to conduct a comprehensive study of the rail/highway grade crossings in the state and present a plan to this body recommending methods to dramatically reduce vehicle/train accidents by the first day of the 1997 Regular Session." In response to Act 503, the Multimodal Bureau of ALDOT developed an Action Plan that compared Alabama's grade crossing crash experience with the experience of the nation and the southeastern states to identify the prevalent characteristics, identified the perceived needs of safety and railroad professionals required to decrease vehicle-train crashes and crash severity, and compiled a list of recommendations and activities required for implementation. The activities and results of the Act 503 study documented in the final report are summarized. It discusses the engineering, economic, educational, enforcement, and emotional impediments to increasing rail-highway intersection safety and presents a broad range of realistic countermeasures. These countermeasures include legislative action; judicial reform; and enforcement, economic, and education initiatives.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1648, Railroad-Highway Grade Crossing Issues.

Monograph Accession #:

00765905

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Bowman, B L
Stinson, K
Colson, C

Pagination:

p. 8-18

Publication Date:

1998

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1648
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

0309065208

Features:

Figures (2) ; References (7) ; Tables (8)

Subject Areas:

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control; I81: Accident Statistics

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Nov 19 1998 12:00AM

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