Evaluation of Alternative Detection Technologies for Trains and Highway Vehicles at Highway Rail Intersections

Evaluation of Alternative Detection Technologies for Trains and Highway Vehicles at Highway Rail Intersections
Author: U.s. Department of Transportation
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2013-12
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9781494499730

Under sponsorship from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), the Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) and the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) evaluated five technologies for their ability to detect trains and/or highway vehicles approaching and occupying highway railroad intersections (HRI). TTCI conducted tests on the performance of these technologies during October and November 1999 at the FRA's Transportation Technology Center in Pueblo, Colorado, USA.