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Private Highway-Rail Crossing Safety Research and Inquiry - June 2008

Trespasser Demographic Report - March 2008

Enhancing Safety at Grade Crossings - February 2008

Compilation of Pedestrian Safety Devices In Use at Grade Crossings - January 2008

Railroad-Highway Grade Crossing Handbook - Revised Second Edition - August 2007

Rail-Highway Crossing Resource Allocation Procedure Accident Prediction Model
- New Constants 2007

Public Education and Enforcement Research Study - December 2006

Suggested Changes to the Crossing Inventory Form - November 2006

Railroad Infrastructure Trespassing Detection Systems Research in Pittsford, New York - August 2006

List of Highway-Rail Crossing Publications, 1969-2006

Highway-Rail Crossing Safety Action Plan     (pdf - with graphics)     (pdf - text only)

Procedure for Updating the DOT Crossing Inventory File for Public Authorities - March 2004

Guidance on Traffic Control Devices at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings - November 2002

Compilation of State Laws and Regulations Affecting Highway-Rail Grade Crossings - October 2002

Report on High Risk Crossings and Mitigation Efforts by State - February 2002

1-800 Toll-Free Emergency Notification System for Shortline Railroad Highway-Rail Crossings in Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - September 2000

Model Legislation for Railroad Trespass and Railroad Vandalism - April 1998

Implementation Report of the USDOT Grade Crossing Safety Task Force (Report to Secretary Rodney E. Slater) - June 1997

Highway-Rail Crossing Inventory Instructions and Procedures Manual - December 1996

Accidents That Shouldn't Happen - March 1996

Highway-Rail Grade Crossings - A Guide To Crossing Consolidation and Closure - July 1994

Rail-Highway Crossing Resource Allocation Procedure (User's Guide, Third Edition) - August 1987

Summary of the DOT Rail-Highway Crossing Resource Allocation Procedure - Revised June 1987

Railroad-Highway Grade Crossing Handbook FHWA, 2nd Edition FHWA-TS-86-215 - September 1986

Rails With Trails

Pedestrian-Rail Crossings in California - a compilation of existing treatments for pedestrains and other pathway users at rail crossings

FRA/FTA Grade Crossing Statistics Summary


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