Median Light Rail Crossing: Accident Causation And Countermeasures

Benjamin Coifman and Robert L. Bertini

Institute of Transportation Studies, Research Reports, Working Papers, Proceedings from Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Berkeley

Abstract: This paper focuses on accident causation and countermeasures at arterial median light rail grade crossings. It synthesizes accident causation and prevention literature from several fields, including traffic engineering, human factors and cognitive psychology, as it relates to the complex LRT grade crossing.

Keywords: Electric railroad accidents; Street-railroads--Safety measures; Traffic accidents; Railroads--Crossings; light rail transit (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997-01-01
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