Operations
IIJA Funding Cycle
2023CY Research Projects
The following research projects have been approved for the 2023 calendar year:
- Development of a National Track Safety Database [Exhibit D - O1CY23]
- Mining and Learning from Railway Safety Data with Graphs and Tensors [Exhibit D - O2CY23]
- Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings (HRGCs) [Exhibit D - O3CY23]
- Satellite Radar Data Analysis for Change Detection of Rural and Urban Railways [Exhibit D - O4CY23]
- Track Intrusion Detection and Track Integrity Evaluation [Exhibit D - O5CY23]
- Grade Crossing Monitoring Using Deep Learning [Exhibit D - O6CY23]
MAP-21 Funding Cycle
2015CY Research Projects
The following research projects have been approved for the 2015 calendar year:
- Anti-Icing LED Light Covers for Railroad Safety [Exhibit D - O1CY15]
- Heavy Truck and Bus Traversability at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings [Exhibit D - O2CY15]
- Improving Crash Prediction - A More Relevant Exposure Measure than AADT for Highway-Rail Crossing Safety Models [Exhibit D - O3CY15]
- Best Practices for Modeling Light Rail at Intersections [Exhibit D - O4CY15]
- Unifying Railcar Monitoring Sensor Data, Maintenance Records, and Railcar Usage Information through Big Data Processing for Optimization Railcar Maintenance and Safety [Exhibit D - O5CY15]
- Shipments of Oil By Rail: Economic Implications for Safety and Safety-Related Investments [Exhibit D - O6CY15]
- Highway-Rail Crossing Safety Improvement by Diverting Motorists to Alternate Routes [Exhibit D - O7CY15]
- Railyard Worker Safety through Innovative Mobile Active Train Detection and Risk Localization [Exhibit D - O8CY15]
2014CY Research Projects
The following research projects have been approved for the 2014 calendar year:
- Development of Corridor-based Traffic Signal Preemption Strategies at Signalized Intersections near Highway Railway Grade Crossings [Exhibit D - O1CY14]
- Drivers’ Perceptions of Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety and Their Behavior [Exhibit D - O1CY14]
- Safety Modeling of Highway Railway Grade Crossings Using Intelligent Transportation System Data [Exhibit D - O2CY14]
- Improving Safety at Rural Highway-Rail Grade Crossings by Utilizing Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) Technology [Exhibit D - O3CY14]