Traffic Violations at Gated Highway-Railroad Grade Crossings

摘要

Senate Bill 1512, which was passed into law by the 74th State Legislature in1995, required the Texas Department of Transportation to install and operate automated highway-railroad grade crossing enforcement systems as a demonstration project. Three sites with gate arms, relatively high traffic and train volumes, and a minimum number of accidents, were selected for the demonstration study. Additionally, a violation study was conducted at 16 additional gated crossings. The purpose of the violation study was to identify roadway geometric and operational characteristics that influence violations at gated highway-railroad grade crossings. The demonstration project resulted in no statistical differences between the violations during the before period compared to the after period.