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Email: railwaysafety@utrgv.edu
Phone: (956) 665-8878
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University Transportation Center for Railway Safety  Operational Research

IIJA Funding Cycle

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]
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