& Crossing Safety Frank A. Frey, Gen. Engineer Office of Safety - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

High-speed Rail Development & Crossing Safety Frank A. Frey, Gen. Engineer Office of Safety Highway-Rail Crossing Div. U.S. Department of Transportation Washington, D.C. 20590 Federal Railroad Administration

2018 Community of Interest – Peer Exchange Fort Worth, Texas ADVANCING H.S.R. IN THE U.S.A. - why high-speed rail - FRA’s Sealed Corridor - design criteria Michigan Central Train Station – Detroit 1913-1988

2018 Community of Interest – Peer Exchange Fort Worth, Texas 1 Why HSR in the US? population growth Today – 315 million people + 100 million people by 2050

2018 Community of Interest – Peer Exchange Fort Worth, Texas congestion & mobility Why HSR in the US? 2 2007 2040

2018 Community of Interest – Peer Exchange Fort Worth, Texas 3 Why HSR in the US? energy & environment

2018 Community of Interest – Peer Exchange Fort Worth, Texas 4 Where are the key US markets?

2018 Community of Interest – Peer Exchange Fort Worth, Texas

2018 Community of Interest – Peer Exchange Fort Worth, Texas

Appendix: Potential Tier Structure for Passenger Systems Highway-Rail Grade Crossings Tier 0 IA IB IC II III IV V Description Regional Rail Conventional Emerging HSR HSR Mixed HSR Mixed HSR HSR Express HSR Regional Operations Passenger Dedicated Max. Speed 0-65 0-79 80-110 111-125 126-150 0-150 0-150 0-200/220 mph Other traffic None (or Mixed Mixed Mixed Mixed Conventional None None on same temporally passenger passenger and passenger passenger passenger track separated) and freight freight and freight and freight only Closures Consolidation encouraged in Demonstrated effort and results required as part of funding process. Grade Grade separated – separated – regional and conventional service; No crossings above 125 mph funding condition if part of HSR entire corridor entire corridor corridor See IC Public Automated Automated Sealed Barriers See IC None at any None at any highway-rail warning; warning; corridor; above 110, speed speed None above grade supplementary supplementary evaluate need see §213.247 None above 125 mph crossings, measures measures for presence 125 mph generally where where detection and Presence warranted warranted PTC feedback detection tied to PTC above 110 mph None above Private Automated Automated Automated None or as None above None at any None at any 125 mph highway-rail warning or warning or warning with above 125 mph speed speed grade locked gate locked gate gates; crossings, preferred; preferred; or locked gate generally cross-buck and cross-buck and (interlocked stop or yield stop or yield with signal sign where sign where system at conditions conditions higher speeds) permit permit System Crossing safety and trespass prevention issues included in SSP process. Plus FRA reviews management decisions and may Safety disapprove. Programs

Close As Many Grade Crossings As Possible 10

2018 Community of Interest – Peer Exchange Fort Worth, Texas What does the FRA look for in crossing design?? - Non-traversable Medians - 3 or 4 Quadrant Gates - Gate orientation - Cantilevers - Preemption (Advanced or Simultaneous) - Technologies (VPD, RHM)

Gates with 100’ non -traversable medians

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4-Quad gates 14

3-Quad gates 15

Pedestrian Treatments 16

Railroad Preemption Pre-Signal Queue-cutter 17

Exit Gate Management System Remote Health Monitoring 18

Cantilevers

Skewed Crossings Greater 90⁰ Less 90⁰ Acute Angled Obtuse Angled

Acute Angled AREMA Part 3.1.36B Good Bad

Obtuse Angled Good Good

2018 Community of Interest – Peer Exchange Fort Worth, Texas The best grade crossings are…

Thank-you! frank.frey@dot.gov (202) 738-2195