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Gate Skirts Research at a Highway-Rail Grade Crossing in Ramsey, NJ [Research Results]
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2020-10-01
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Abstract:Pedestrian violations of grade crossing warning devices are a leading cause of rail-related deaths. Nationally, pedestrians were involved in 191 grade crossing incidents that resulted in 169 fatalities and 214 injuries in 2019 [1]. Many occur at gated crossings, where pedestrians intentionally violate audible and physical warnings. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center), under the direction of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Office of Research, Development and Technology (RD&T), evaluated the effectiveness of a pedestrian gate enhancement, commonly known as a gate skirt, to deter pedestrians from violating active grade crossing warnings at the E. Main St. crossing in Ramsey, New Jersey. Figure 1 shows one of the skirts installed at the crossing. The goal of the added secondary gates is to reduce the number of pedestrians and cyclists who violate the grade crossing while the gates are active, thus reducing the possibility of an incident between a non-motorized violator and a train. Results indicate that the addition of the gate skirts provided a positive pedestrian safety benefit.
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