| Title | Effect of Photo Enforcement-Based Education on Vehicle Driver Behavior at a Highway-Rail Grade Crossing |
|---|---|
| Record ID | 67904 |
| Personal Name Creator |
Ngamdung, Tashi; da Silva, Marco P. |
| Source | Project name: Effect of Photo Enforcement-Based Education on Vehicle Driver Behavior at a Highway-Rail Grade Crossing |
| Corporate Creator | United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology; John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.) |
| Corporate Contributor |
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Railroad Policy and Development |
| Publisher | United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology |
| Publication Date | 20190601 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | The Volpe Center was tasked by FRA’s Office of Research, Development and Technology with evaluating the effectiveness of the use of photo enforcement for driver education at the East Princeton Street grade crossing in Orlando, FL (Crossing ID 622173H). The goal of the photo enforcement-based driver education program is to reduce the number of vehicles that commit grade crossing warning devices violations, thus reducing the possibility of getting struck by an oncoming train. A before-and-after design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of the photo enforcement program on drivers’ compliance of the grade crossing warning devices. Grade crossing warning device violations were collected for 14 continuous days before the implementation of the photo enforcement program from April 14, 2016 to April 27, 2016. The signage and photo enforcement system were installed on August 8, 2016, and the city of Orlando started issuing violation notices on August 11, 2016. Eight months after the implementation of the photo enforcement system, grade crossing warning device violations were then again collected for 14 continuous days from April 13, 2017 to April 26, 2017. The average hourly rate of violations per activation decreased from 6.0296 before to 5.1004, resulting in a 15.4 percent reduction, after the photo enforcement program was implemented. |
| Rosap ID | dot:42673 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/42673 |
| TRT Terms | Before and after studies; Behavior; Driver education; Drivers; Railroad grade crossings; Traffic violations; Warning devices |
| General Subjects | FRA; highway railroad grade crossing; railroads; photo enforcement; rail education |
| Geographical Coverage |
United States |
| TRIS Online Accession No |
1709666 |
| Contract Number | RR97A7-QB508, RR97A8-QD598, RD598 |
| Report Number | DOT/FRA/ORD-19/17 |
| Resource type | Tech Report |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/67000/67900/67904/DOTFRAORD-19_17_Short-Term_Effect_of_Photo_A.pdf |
| Format | |
| Database | NTL Digital Repository |