Highway-rail grade crossing safety challenges for shared operations of high-speed passenger and heavy freight rail in the U.S.

Safety Science

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 128-137

  Chadwick, Samantha G ^a   Zhou, Nanyan ^a   Saat, Mohd Rapik ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Freight rail; High speed rail; Highway rail grade crossings; United States shared corridors

Indexed keywords

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SAFETY TESTING;

GRADE CROSSING; GRADE-CROSSING SAFETY; HIGH SPEED RAIL; IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; RESEARCH NEEDS; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES; UNITED STATES SHARED CORRIDORS;

RAILROAD CROSSINGS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CAR DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RAILWAY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898929662     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2014.03.003     Document Type: Review

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