Download or read book Driver Behavior at Railway highway Grade Crossings with Passive Traffic Control written by Bryan Andre Bartnik and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research to evaluate driver behavior at railway-highway grade crossings with passive traffic control attempts to find an answer to a much debated subject. This study examines the difference in driver behavior and safety at several different types of passive traffic control at grade crossings utilizing a driving simulator. This project utilized the University of Tennessee's high fidelity driving simulator to perform a study on passive highway-railway grade crossings. Although the crash rates at grade crossings have decreased in recent years, there is still more work to be done. Safety improvements can be made to both passive and active grade crossings. However, with increasingly tight budgets for transportation infrastructure, there is not enough money to upgrade and improve every grade crossing. Upgrading a passive grade crossing with flashing lights or gates is very expensive and can cost upwards of $400,000 in some parts of the country. This paper further investigates the use of STOP and YIELD signs as viable alternatives to upgrading a passive grade crossing to an active grade crossing. By utilizing a driving simulator, several variables were tested on sixty-four drivers in a safe environment. The driving simulator allowed tests to be run on grade crossings that range from safe to fairly unsafe. By varying the visibility at the crossing, which sign the driver saw at the crossing, the presence of a train, and the presence of other traffic, reasonable conclusions about the safety of various types of passive grade crossings are made.
Download or read book Traffic control Devices for Passive Railroad highway Grade Crossings written by Neil D. Lerner and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 2002 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Driver Behavior at Rail highway Crossings Final Report written by Neil Lerner and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Evaluation of Traffic Control Devices and Driver Distraction on Driver Behavior at Railway highway Grade Crossings written by Radhameris A. Gomez Gabriel and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At-grade crossings (grade crossings) are those crossings in which any part of a roadway intersects with railroad tracks. Safety at these railroad-highway grade crossings is a major concern, with traffic control warning devices serving as the main mechanisms for improving safety. There are three factors that influence a driver's behavior at a given crossing. First, traffic control devices, including warning devices at the railroad-highway grade crossings, provide the driver with information whose impact will depend in part on the likelihood that the driver knows whether to glance in the direction of the device based on prior experience, and in part on what the driver understands the warning device to mean. Second, assuming that the driver identifies the warning, the driver's prior knowledge influences his or her expectancy regarding various railroad-highway grade crossing situations and, therefore, the way in which the driver responds to the hazard presented by the crossing. Finally, the driver's own physiological (e.g., impaired) and psychological (e.g., distracted) state will modify the role that conspicuity and expectancy have on the driver's behavior. This dissertation centers on the impact of distraction and the effect of traffic control and warning devices have on stopping behavior and glance behaviors at non-gated railroad-highway grade crossings and studies a possible countermeasure which when combined with traffic control and warning devices can mitigate the effects of distraction due to less than optimal glance patterns. Two driving simulator experiments were conducted that arguably targeted the most critical need, in particular the need to identify the role that distraction has on the effectiveness of traffic control and warning devices at grade crossings. Ninety-nine participants were evaluated across two driving simulator experiments. For the first experiment, the role distraction plays in reducing the benefit of crossbuck and flashing lights was analyzed. Participants either engaged in a distracting task or did not engage. The secondary tasks included a mock cell phone conversation or an in-vehicle task where the participant driver was asked to change the radio station. The first experiment showed participants in all groups had trouble navigating the grade crossing environment thus pointing to the need to evaluate supplementary treatments which may benefit driver behavior at these crossings. The second simulator experiment evaluated the impact of the dynamic envelope pavement markings on driver glance pattern and behavior as they approached grade crossings while drivers also performed a distracting or non-distracting task. Results show that the addition of these markings can alert drivers of the presence of a grade crossing with anticipation, and as a result induce drivers to glance more and potentially stop in higher proportions than when the markings are not present.
Download or read book Safety of Highway railroad Grade Crossings Research Needs Workshop Volume I written by Anya A. Carroll and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Driver Behavior at Highway Railroad Grade Crossings electronic Resource written by U. S. Department Of Transportation and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-18 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Driver behavior at highway-railroad grade crossings [electronic resource] : a literature review from 1990-2006.
Download or read book Safety Features of Stop Signs at Rail highway Grade Crossings written by James H. Sanders and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Enhanced Traffic Control Devices and Railroad Operations for Highway railroad Grade Crossings written by Daniel B. Fambro and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report summarizes four research reports completed as part of a study focusing on improving safety at highway railroad grade crossings. The objective of this research was to develop, test, evaluate, and recommend improved methods for communicating with drivers at both active and passive highway -railroad grade crossings. The reports included in this summary are identified below. Enhanced Traffic Control Devices and Railroad Operations for Highway-Railroad Grade Crossings: First-Year Activities. Report FHWA/TX-98/1469-1. Enhanced Traffic Control Devices and Railroad Operations for Highway-Railroad Grade Crossings: Second-Year Activities. Report FHWA/TX-98/1469-2. Enhanced Traffic Control Devices and Railroad Operations for Highway-Railroad Grade Crossings: Third-Year Activities. Report FHWA/TX-98/1469-3. Enhanced Traffic Control Devices and Railroad Operations for Highway-Railroad Grade Crossings: Public Safety Education Materials. Report FHWA/TX-98/1469-4.
Download or read book Traffic Control Devices Visibility and Highway rail Grade Crossings 2009 written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TRB's Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2122 includes 10 papers that explore the effectiveness of dynamic speed display signs in transition zones of rural highways; alternative procedures for setting curve advisory speed; improving signing from the installation perspective; advance warning signals; traffic control device guidelines for horizontal curves; path guidance for work zones at freeway interchanges; traffic sign luminance and text size; highway-rail grade crossing collisions; driver behavior at highway-railroad crossings; and stop sign treatments at highway-railroad grade crossings.
Download or read book Enhancements to Passive Warning Devices at Railroad highway Grade Crossings written by Daniel B. Fambro and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Safety Features of Stop Signs at Rail highway Grade Crossings Volume I Executive Summary Final Report written by J. H. Sanders and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Traffic Control Devices Visibility and Railroad Grade Crossings written by National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transportation Research Record 1495 contains the following papers: Effective use of variable message signs: Lessons learned through development of users' manuals; Motorist interpretation of yellow X and yellow diagonal arrow in freeway lane control signal array; Effects of pavement markings on driver behavior at freeway lane drop exits; Comparative study of advance warning signs at high speed signalized intersections; Evaluation of strobe lights in red lens of traffic signals; High-volume pedestrian crosswalk time requirements; Empirical analysis of traffic characteristics at two-way stop-controlled intersections in Alaska; Evaluation of proposed minimum retroreflectivity requirements for traffic signs; Detectability of pavement markings under stationary and dynamic conditions as a function of retroreflective brightness; Visibility of new yellow center stripes as a function of obliteration; Effects of lateral separation between double center-stripe pavement markings on visibility under nighttime driving conditions; Curve radius perception accuracy as function of number of delineation devices (Chevrons); Knowledge-based personal computer software package for applying and placing curve delineation devices; Visibility of new pavement markings at night under low-beam illumination; Loss of visibility distance caused by automobile windshields at night; Traffic sign reading distances and times during night driving; Yellow pavement markings with yellow nighttime color; Application of geographic information systems rail-highway grade crossing safety; Evaluation of accuracy of U.S. DOT rail-highway grade crossing accident prediction models.
Download or read book Human Factors Countermeasures to Improve Highway railway Intersection Safety Final Report written by J. H. Sanders (Jr) and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Railroad highway Grade Crossings written by National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board and published by Transportation Research Board Commission. This book was released on 1980 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bibliography, an update of the 1976 Bibliography 57, contains 48 new entries chosen as making significant contributions to the state-of-the-art literature in rail-highway grade crossings. The majority of citations are from the 1976-1979 period.
Download or read book Driver Behavior Analysis at Highway rail Grade Crossings Using Field Operational Test Data written by U.s. Department of Transportation and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-23 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Driver behavior analysis at highway-rail grade crossings using field operational test data : heavy trucks /
Download or read book Rail highway Crossing Safety written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Action Plan presents a multi-faceted, multi-modal approach for improving safety at our nation's highway-rail crossings and for the prevention of trespassing on the rights-of-way of our nation's railroads. It is multi-faceted in that it presents enforcement, engineering, education, research, promotional and legislative initiatives addressing crossings of both light and conventional rail rights-of-way by public and private streets and highways. The objectives were to reduce the number of highway-rail crossing accidents and casualties while not impeding, but facilitating, the contribution potential of the highway and rail infrastructure on the nation's economy.
Download or read book Traffic Control Devices Visibility and Highway rail Grade Crossings 2010 written by National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This issue contains 13 papers that are concerned with traffic control devices, visibility, and highway-rail grade crossings. Specific topics discussed include the following: school traffic control devices; speed control at rural intersections; innovation in temporary pedestrian signing; chevrons with full retroreflective signposts on rural horizontal curves; protected-permissive left-turn signal control; reducing speed with converging chevron pavement markings on freeway ramps; rumble strips; pedestrian countdown signals influence on vehicle speed; dynamic emergency vehicle warning sign impact on driver behavior; dilemma zone driver behavior; internally versus externally illuminated on-premise signs; impacts of highway-rail grade crossings on surface mobility; and speed reduction profiles affecting vehicle interactions at level crossings with no trains."--pub. desc.
