Operations
IIJA Funding Cycle
2025CY Research Projects
The following research projects have been approved for the 2025 calendar year:
- Quantifying Traffic at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings Using Artificial Intelligence [Exhibit D - O1CY25]
- Design of Dynamic Train Crossing Estimation and Real-Time Traffic Control Systems for Grade Crossing Safety [Exhibit D - O2CY25]
- Intelligent Aerial Drones for Railroad Track Traversability Assessment, Intrusion Detection and Integrity Evaluation [Exhibit D - O3CY25]
- Multi-modal AI Agents for Railway Safety [Exhibit D - O4CY25]
- Non-Motorist Safety at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings: Developing a Crash Prediction Model with Integrated Non-Motorist Exposure – Year 3 [Exhibit D - O5CY25]
2024CY Research Projects
The following research projects have been approved for the 2024 calendar year:
- Enhanced Datasets and AI Models for Monitoring of Grade Crossings [Exhibit D - O1CY24]
- Federated Learning for Railway Safety Analysis and Prediction [Exhibit D - O2CY24]
- Intelligent Aerial Drones for Traversability Assessment of Railroad Tracks: Year 2 [Exhibit D - O3CY24]
- Non-Motorist Safety at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings: Developing a Crash Prediction Model
with Integrated Non-Motorist Exposure [Exhibit D - O4CY24] - Optimizing Emergency Response: Intelligent Routing Decision Support System for First
Responders at Rail Crossings [Exhibit D - O5CY24] - Towards Building a Foundation AI Model for Railway Safety [Exhibit D - O6CY24]
- Track Intrusion Detection and Track Integrity Evaluation: Year 2 [Exhibit D - O7CY24]
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] [Final Report - O1CY23]
- Mining and Learning from Railway Safety Data with Graphs and Tensors [Exhibit D - O2CY23] [Final Report - O2CY23]
- Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings (HRGCs) [Exhibit D - O3CY23] [Final Report - O3CY23]
- Satellite Radar Data Analysis for Change Detection of Rural and Urban Railways [Exhibit D - O4CY23] [Final Report - O4CY23]
- Track Intrusion Detection and Track Integrity Evaluation [Exhibit D - O5CY23] [Final Report - O5CY23]
- Grade Crossing Monitoring Using Deep Learning [Exhibit D - O6CY23] [Final Report - 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]