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Effect of gate skirts on pedestrian behavior at highway-rail grade crossings, final report / Stephanie Chase, Scott H. Gabree, and Marco daSilva.
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- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Chase, Stephanie G., Ph.D., author.
- Gabree, Scott H., author.
- daSilva, Marco, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Railroad crossings--United States--Safety measures--Evaluation.
- Railroad crossings.
- Railroad crossings--United States--Equipment and supplies.
- Railroads--United States--Safety measures--Evaluation.
- Railroads.
- Railroads--Safety measures--Evaluation.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 34 pages) : color illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Research and Development, 2013.
- Summary:
- The Federal Railroad Administration was interested in evaluating one type of pedestrian safety device, commonly known as gate skirts, that consists of a secondary horizontal hanging gate under the existing pedestrian gate to better block access to the crossing by pedestrians who gain unauthorized entry by going under the down gates. The Volpe Center participated in a New Jersey Transit rail pilot project to evaluate a prototype design installed at a grade crossing in Matawan, NJ, on May 30, 2012. The purpose of this evaluation was to determine if the addition of gate skirting would result in fewer pedestrians attempting to violate the crossing on the sidewalk after the gates began to descend. Data were collected over a 2-week period before and a 2-week period after the installation of the gate skirts.
- Contents:
- Executive summary
- Introduction
- Results
- Conclusion
- References
- Appendix A: Additional data.
- Notes:
- "December 2013."
- "DOT/FRA/ORD-13/51."
- "DOT-VNTSC-FRA-13-01."
- Title from title screen (viewed Mar. 7, 2014).
- Includes bibliographical references (page 32).
- OCLC:
- 871705273
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