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Assessing Safety Effectiveness of Treatments and Technologies at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings

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Des Moines Register

New railroad crossing on Broadway Avenue in Des Moines gets $11.5 million federal grant

The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Friday plans to award $1.1 billion in grants for improving and making railroad crossings safer across the country. Iowa will receive $15.3 million for ...
Railway Age

For TTC, a New Grade Crossing Test Bed

A new grade crossing test bed to “evaluate and demonstrate emerging safety technologies” is in the planning stages at the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Transportation Technology Center ...
Railway Age

Grade Crossing Improvements Discussed at Rail Subcommittee Hearing

Four witnesses on Jan. 18 discussed improving safety at highway-rail grade crossings at a hearing of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. “There are approximately 212,000 ...

Ottawa to study grade separation at site of deadly bus-train crash

The City of Ottawa says it will study whether overpasses or underpasses are needed at five rail crossings, including the site of a fatal crash between a city bus and a Via Rail train in 2013. The five ...