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2003 Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety U.S. Department of Research Needs Workshop Transportation Federal Railroad Administration Volume II – Appendices Office of Research and Development Washington, DC 20590 DOT/FRA/ORD-09/09 Final Report This document is available to the April 2009 U.S. public through the National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161. NOTICE This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the Department of Transportation in the interest of information exchange. The United States Government assumes no liability for its contents or use thereof. NOTICE The United States Government does not endorse products or manufacturers. Trade or manufacturers’ names appear herein solely because they are considered essential to the objective of this report. 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FUNDING NUMBERS 2003 Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety Research Needs Workshop Volume II– 1.1.1 1.1.1.1 RR97/DB063 Appendices 6. AUTHOR(S) - Anya A. Carroll, Marsha J. Haines* 7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) 8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT U.S. Department of Transportation NUMBER Research and Innovative Technology Administration DOT-VNTSC-FRA-07-07 John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center 55 Broadway Cambridge, MA 02142-1093 9. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) 10. U.S. Department of Transportation SPONSORING/MONITORING Federal Railroad Administration AGENCY REPORT NUMBER Office of Research and Development DOT/FRA/ORD-09/09 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, RDV-33 Washington, DC 20590 11. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES *EG&G Technical Services, Inc. 55 Broadway Cambridge, MA 02142-1093 12a. DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITY STATEMENT 12b. DISTRIBUTION CODE This document is available to the public through the National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161. 13. ABSTRACT (Maximum 200 words) The purposes of the workshop were to provide up-to-date information and research reports from selected organizations, analyze a number of safety research topics by a selected group of delegates from all areas of technology and government organizations associated with the rail industry, and define a new practical list of research needs for the Highway-Rail at Grade Crossing Safety Program of the Federal Railroad Administration’s Office of Research and Development and Office of Safety in coordination with other organizations having similar needs. 14. SUBJECT TERMS 15. NUMBER OF PAGES Highway-rail grade crossing, rail industry, safety, security, fatalities, research needs, 172 countermeasures. 16. PRICE CODE 20. LIMITATION OF ABSTRACT 17. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION 18. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION 19. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF REPORT OF THIS PAGE OF ABSTRACT 1.2 Unlimited Unclassified Unclassified Unclassified NSN 7540-01-280-5500 Standard Form 298 (Rev. 2-89) Prescribed by ANSI Std. 239-18 298-102 Table of Contents Appendix A. List of Attendees ..................................................................................................A-1 Appendix B. Agenda, Correspondence, and Forms....................................................................B-1 Appendix C. Presentations..........................................................................................................C-1 Appendix D. Additional Reference Material Distributed to Delegates ..................................... D-1 Appendix E. Final Day Discussions and Closing Remarks........................................................E-1 Appendix F. All Research Needs................................................................................................F-1 Appendix A. List of Attendees Leonard W. Allen Jon Anderson Program Manager, Intelligent Railroad US DOT Volpe Center Systems, Federal Railroad Administration 55 Broadway Office of R&D 1120 Vermont Ave., NW Cambridge, MA 02142 Washington, DC 20590 P: 617-494-3284 F: P: 202-493-6329 F: 202-493-6333 E: E: [email protected] Kurt Anderson Gary Baker Director of Public Projects GIS Specialist, US DOT Volpe Center Railroad Controls Limited 55 Broadway DTS-75 7471 Benbrook Parkway Cambridge, MA 02142 Benbrook, TX 76126 P: 617-494-3276 F: 617-494-2318 P: 817-820-6300 F: 817-820-6340 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] Forrest H. Ballinger James Bedell Senior Signal Specialist, GE Transportation Traffic Unit Supervisor, Naperville Police Systems, Global Signaling Dept. PO Box 600 1350 Aurora Ave. Grain Valley, MO 64029 Naperville, IL 60540 P: 816-650-4334 F: 816-650-3570 P: 630-420-6668 F: E: [email protected] E: [email protected] Steve W. Berki Patrick Bien-Aime Director, Industry and Public Projects Mechanical Engineer, US DOT Volpe Union Pacific Railroad Center 1416 Dodge 55 Broadway DTS-75 Omaha, NE 68135 Cambridge, MA 02142 P: 402-271-4359 F: 402-271-4461 P: 617-494-3907 F: 617-494-2818 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] Brian L. Bowman Daniel Brod Professor, Auburn University Consultant, Decision Tek Harbert Engineering Center 17 Rock Falls Ct. Auburn, AL 36849 Rockville, MD 10854 P: 334-844-6262 F: 334-844-6290 P: 301-461-9175 F: 909-257-7638 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] Domenic T Bua Pamela Caldwell-Foggin Vice President, TranSystems Corporation Crossing Safety and Trespass Prevention 34 Salem St. Federal Railroad Administration Reading, MA 01867 1120 Vermont Ave. NW Mail Stop 25 P: 781-944-7110 F: 781-944-6708 Washington, DC 20590 E: [email protected] P: 202-493-6291 F: 202-493-6478 E: [email protected] Anya A. Carroll George T. Casey Principal Investigator, Highway-Rail Grade State Director - MA, United Transportation Crossing, US DOT Volpe Center 42 Oak Knoll Road 55 Broadway DTS-75 Natick, MA 01760 Cambridge, MA 02142 P: 508-875-5933 F: 508-626-2524 P: 617-494-3122 F: 617-494-2318 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] Katherine R. Chang Debra M. Chappell Analyst, US DOT Volpe Center Highway Safety Engineer 55 Broadway Federal Highway Administration Cambridge, MA 02142 400 7th St., SW Room 3407 P: 617-494-2969 F: Washington, DC 20590 E: [email protected] P: 202-366-0087 F: 202-366-2249 E: [email protected] James M. Cheeks, Jr. Fred Coleman Standard Development Manager Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Institute of Transportation Engineers 1206 S. Sixth St. 1099 14th St. NW, Suite 399 West Champaign, IL 61822 Washington, DC 20005 P: 217-333-6995 F: 217-244-7969 P: 202-289-0222x131 F: 202-289-7722 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] Michael K. Coplen Rhonda Crawley Human Factors Program Manager Federal Transit Administration Federal Railroad Administration 400 7th St. SW RM 9401, TRI - 20 1120 Vermont Ave., NW Washington, DC 20590 Washington, DC 20590 P: 202-366-4035 F: P: 202-493-6346 F: 202-493-6333 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] Marco P. daSilva R. Andrew Davis Mechanical Engineer, US DOT Volpe Center Consultant, Quixote Transportation Safety 55 Broadway DTS-73 253 E. 31st St. # 1D Cambridge, MA 02142 New York, NY 10016 P: 617-494-2246 F: 617-494-2995 P: 212-689-8791 F: 212-779-7439 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] Timothy J. DePaepe Steven R. Ditmeyer Director of Research Director, Office of Research & Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen Development 601 W. Golf Road Federal Railroad Administration Mount Prospect, IL 60056 1120 Vermont Ave. NW P: 847-439-3743 F: 847-439-3743 Washington, DC 20590 E: [email protected] P: 202-493-6347 F: 202-493-6333 E: [email protected] Bob Dorer Gary Drouin Chief, Railroad Systems Division National Administrator, Direction 2006 US DOT Volpe Center Transport Canada 55 Broadway 330 Sparks St., Place de Ville, Tower C Cambridge, MA 02142 Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0N5 P: 617-494- F: P: 613-998-1893 F: E: [email protected] E: [email protected] William C. Fleming Frederick D. Fraini Deputy Chief of Police, MBTA Police Asst Crossing & Trespass Regional 24C Southampton St. Manager Boston, MA 02118 Federal Railroad Administration P: 617-222-1121 F: 617-222-1035 PO Box 613 Auburn, MA 01501-2009 P: 508-721-0219 F: E: [email protected] Steven P. Fritter Liping (Lee) Fu State Director - DC, United Transportation Associate Professor 7810 Virginia Oaks Drive Dept. of Civil Engineering Gainesville, VA 20155 University of Waterloo P: 703-754-2739 F: 703-753-7319 Waterloo, Ontario / CANADA N2L 3GI E: [email protected] P: 519-747-3399 F: 519-888-6197 E: [email protected] Judith B. Gertler Monica C. Gil Division Manager, Foster-Miller, Inc. Engineering Psychologist 350 Second Ave. US DOT Volpe Center, 55 Broadway Waltham, MA 02481 Cambridge, MA 02142 P: 781-684-4270 F: 781-890-0091 P: 617-494-3412 F: E: [email protected] E: [email protected] Danny A. Gilbert Brian Gilleran System Manager, GCS, NS Corporation Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Engineer 110 Franklin Road Federal Railroad Administration Roanoke, VA 24042 400 7th St., SW RRS-23 P: 540-981-4053 F: 540-981-5069 Washington, DC 20590 E: [email protected] P: 202-493-6276 F: 202-493-6478 E: [email protected] Robert W. Gnadt Chuck E. Gullakson Sales Representative, Lambdatech Int'l. Asst. Chief Engineer, Public Improvements, 2323 W. Blue Mound Road CSX Transportation Waukesha, WI 53186 4901 Belfort Rd.