Towards the adoption of low-cost rail level crossing warning devices in regional areas of Australia: A review of current technologies and reliability issues

Wullems, Christian

doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2011.04.006

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“…RLX crashes also create massive economic costs, beyond fatalities and injuries, since they result in wide scale disruption to both the rail and road networks. The costs associated with RLX crashes in Australia have been estimated at approximately AUD $24 million per year (Wullems, 2011). Similar issues are observed in many countries worldwide: RLX collisions represent more than one quarter of all railway crashes occurring on the EU railway system, with 604 fatalities and casualties during 2011 (European Railway Agency, 2013), while the US experienced 247 fatalities and 705 injuries at RLXs in 2009(US Department of Transportation, 2014.…”

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confidence: 87%

Where do novice and experienced drivers direct their attention on approach to urban rail level crossings?

Young

Lenné

Beanland

et al. 2015

Accident Analysis & Prevention

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 87%

Where do novice and experienced drivers direct their attention on approach to urban rail level crossings?

Young

Lenné

Beanland

et al. 2015

Accident Analysis & Prevention

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“…"To deploy the Nationwide Differential Global Positioning System (NDGPS) as a nationwide, uniform, and continuous positioning system, suitable for train control" is a goal for the federal Railroad Administration even if the dead line has been delayed this year. One can also mention the HRI-2000 system developed by the Minnesota Department of Transportation for a low-cost active level crossing warning system [22]. In Australia, ARTC is an infrastructure manager that invests into the development of the Automated Train Management System (ATMS) based on GNSS and inertial monitoring systems.…”

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A Survey of GNSS-Based Research and Developments for the European Railway Signaling

Marais

Beugin

Berbineau

2017

IEEE Trans. Intell. Transport. Syst.

111

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Railways have already introduced satellite-based localization systems for non-safety related applications. Driven by economic reasons, the use of these systems for new services and, in particular, their introduction in signaling system is seriously investigated today and tested all around the world. Because of the weight of their history, their strong normative context and the high requested level of safety, the introduction is relatively slow. The aim of this paper is to provide a survey of past and current programs dealing with GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems) as a basis to introduce main issues relative to context, standards, performance requirements and safety proofs. Links with aeronautical concepts are also presented, illustrating the transposable principles and the limits due to the land transport environment.

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“…The results indicated that the proposed new treatments had some advantages and disadvantages, which should be further studied in the future. A number of other studies also focused on reducing safety risks at the highway-rail grade crossings in Australia [31][32][33][34].…”

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Development of Algorithms for Effective Resource Allocation among Highway–Rail Grade Crossings: A Case Study for the State of Florida

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Smart cities directly rely on a variety of elements, including water, gas, electricity, buildings, services, transportation networks, and others. Lack of properly designed transportation networks may cause different economic and safety concerns. Highway-rail grade crossings are known to be a hazardous point in the transportation network, considering a remarkable number of accidents recorded annually between highway users and trains, and even solely between highway users at highway-rail grade crossings. Hence, safety improvement at highway-rail grade crossings is a challenging issue for smart city authorities, given limitations in monetary resources. In this study, two optimization models are developed for resource allocation among highway-rail grade crossings to minimize the overall hazard and the overall hazard severity, taking into account the available budget limitations. The optimization models are solved by CPLEX to the global optimality. Moreover, some heuristic algorithms are proposed as well. A case study focusing on the public highway-rail grade crossings in the State of Florida is performed to evaluate the effectiveness of the developed optimization models and the solution methodologies. In terms of the computational time, all the solution approaches are found to be effective decision support tools from the practical standpoint. Moreover, the results demonstrate that some of the developed heuristic algorithms can provide near-optimal solutions. Therefore, the smart city authorities can utilize the proposed heuristics as decision support tools for effective resource allocation among highway-rail grade crossings.

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Towards the adoption of low-cost rail level crossing warning devices in regional areas of Australia: A review of current technologies and reliability issues

Cited by 27 publications

References 1 publication

Where do novice and experienced drivers direct their attention on approach to urban rail level crossings?

Where do novice and experienced drivers direct their attention on approach to urban rail level crossings?

A Survey of GNSS-Based Research and Developments for the European Railway Signaling

Development of Algorithms for Effective Resource Allocation among Highway–Rail Grade Crossings: A Case Study for the State of Florida

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