Towards the adoption of low-cost rail level crossing warning devices in regional areas of Australia: A review of current technologies and reliability issues

Safety Science

Volumn 49, Issue 8-9, 2011, Pages 1059-1073

  Wullems, Chris ^a,b  

^a Cooperative Research Centre for Rail Innovation ^*  (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Level crossing warning devices; Low cost; Rail level crossings; Reliability

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRES; CURRENT TECHNOLOGY; LEVEL CROSSING; LOW-COST; RAIL NETWORKS; REGIONAL AREAS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; ROAD ENVIRONMENT; SAFETY BENEFITS; WARNING DEVICES; WARNING SIGNS;

COSTS; RAILROAD CROSSINGS; RESEARCH;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; LEGAL LIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAILWAY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; TECHNOLOGY; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; TRAFFIC SIGN; WARNING DEVICE;

EID: 79958150251     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2011.04.006     Document Type: Review

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