Operations
2015CY Operations Research Projects
The following operations-related projects have been approved for the 2015 calendar year:
- Anti-Icing LED Light Covers for Railroad Safety
- Heavy Truck and Bus Traversability at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
- Improving Crash Prediction - A More Relevant Exposure Measure than AADT for Highway-Rail Crossing Safety Models
- Best Practices for Modeling Light Rail at Intersections
- Unifying Railcar Monitoring Sensor Data, Maintenance Records, and Railcar Usage Information through Big Data Processing for Optimization Railcar Maintenance and Safety
- Shipments of Oil By Rail: Economic Implications for Safety and Safety-Related Investments
- Highway-Rail Crossing Safety Improvement by Diverting Motorists to Alternate Routes
- Railyard Worker Safety through innovative Mobile Active Train Detection and Risk Localization
2014CY Operations Research Projects
The following operations-related 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
- Drivers’ Perceptions of Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety and Their Behavior
- Safety Modeling of Highway Railway Grade Crossings Using Intelligent Transportation System Data
- Improving Safety at Rural Highway-Rail Grade Crossings by Utilizing Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) Technology