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APPENDIX
B
Index
A
Abandonment 76, 83
Accident Prediction Formulae 54
collision costs 155
collisions 2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 20, 21, 25, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 39, 43, 45, 47, 51, 54, 55, 56, 62, 70, 71, 76, 77, 78, 80, 82, 98, 104, 108, 125, 141, 155, 156, 157, 161, 162, 163, 187, 188, 191, 192, 194, 195, 197, 205, 206, 207, 212, 215, 218, 219, 223
Active traffic control devices 97, 98
Advance warning signs 88
Agreements 170
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) 28, 63, 65, 78, 81, 89, 90, 108, 139, 140, 141
American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association (AREMA) 19, 22, 104, 115, 119, 123, 129, 130, 139, 141
American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) 193
Annual average daily traffic 149, 247
Association of American Railroads (AAR) 17, 22, 50, 219
B
Barricades 179
Benefit-cost analysis 145
Bicycles 205, 206
Buses 28, 29, 30, 206
C
Cantilevered flashing lights 100
Channelizing devices 177, 179
Closure 73, 78, 79, 80, 81, 150, 183, 308, 315
Cost-effectiveness analysis 223
D
“Do Not Stop on Tracks” signs 17, 93
Delineators 179
E
Economic analysis 154, 188, 223
Engineering studies 62
Evaluation 63, 64, 65, 82, 159, 160, 187, 189, 208, 212, 213, 249, 253, 302, 304, 307, 309, 311, 314
Exposure index 57, 58
F
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) 2, 7, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 21, 22, 25, 32, 33, 34, 41, 45, 46, 47, 50, 51, 62, 70, 71, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 82, 87, 92, 110, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 122, 124, 129, 136, 143, 144, 145, 151, 155, 165, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 180, 184, 185, 186, 187, 189, 209, 212, 216, 218, 302, 305, 306, 307, 308, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) 3, 7, 13, 14, 17, 21, 22, 32, 33, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 50, 51, 55, 58, 71, 74, 75, 78, 81, 83, 86, 104, 105, 106, 110, 112, 143, 144, 145, 150, 153, 162, 163, 165, 193, 209, 210, 212, 213, 216, 218, 219, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316
Flagging 174, 180
Funding 9, 11, 72, 167, 169, 170, 216,
G
Gate 58, 83, 110, 200, 201, 303
H
I
Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) 114, 116 Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) 6
L
Liability 7, 19, 20, 21, 212, 304 Locomotives 35, 36, 45, 304
M
Maintenance 17, 19, 22, 39, 47, 73, 104, 107, 129, 143, 144, 155, 157, 170, 185, 186, 207, 219, 315
Materials Transportation Bureau 54, 241
N
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) 13, 155
National Safety Council (NSC) 155
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) 13, 30, 54, 217, 233
Net annual benefit 158
O
Operation Lifesaver 17, 194, 206, 207, 215, 216, 217, 219, 272, 305
P
Passive traffic control devices 83
Pavement markings 66, 95, 178, 185, 225
Pedestrians 31, 200, 201, 204, 205, 207
Public crossings 2
R
Railroad line miles 225
Railroad relocation 77, 78
Railroad track miles 225
Railway Progress Institute 144, 215
Research 14, 15, 17, 23, 54, 70, 71, 72, 74, 77, 79, 88, 97, 98, 110, 115, 116, 118, 128, 134, 143, 144, 155, 187, 189, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 204, 208, 218, 219, 222, 249, 301, 302, 304, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 314
S
School buses 85
Short-line railroads 193, 194
Sight distance 10, 32, 66, 100, 203, 205, 247, 270
Solar energy 114
STOP signs 17, 26, 34, 88, 92, 93, 128, 155, 156, 168, 192, 193, 203
Surfaces 17, 141, 143, 144
T
Traffic control devices 25, 63, 70, 136, 185, 194, 226
Train detection circuits 73
Transportation Research Board (TRB) 194, 219
Trucks 28, 29, 30, 46, 74, 205, 206, 214, 219
Turn prohibition signs 95
U
U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) 7, 8, 11, 13, 15, 17, 22, 23, 25, 31, 32, 33, 36, 47, 48, 50, 55, 56, 57,, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 70, 71, 75, 80, 83, 98, 99, 104, 116, 129, 137, 139, 142, 143, 145, 146, 149, 151, 152, 161, 162, 163, 168, 191, 218, 219, 315, 316
U.S. DOT National Rail-Highway Crossing Inventory 143
Uniform Vehicle Code 26, 46, 76, 144, 196
V
W
Warning time 128
Work zones 229
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