Treatments Used at Pedestrian Crossings of Public Transit Rail Services (2015) / Chapter Skim
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CHAPTER 7: SUMMARY This chapter provides a summary of the work for the TCRP project. The objective of the research was to develop a Guidebook for treatments for pedestrian crossings of public transit rail services, including light rail, commuter rail, and streetcar services.
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• Benefits. Documents benefits (or disbenefits)
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service in 41 different urban areas of the United States. In 2011, more than 950.9 million unlinked passenger trips were made on these 58 systems, with trips covering more than 13.6 billion miles.
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Crashes happened throughout the rail system, including where pedestrians should not be walking, such as along the rail track. However, crashes between pedestrians and transit trains also occur at designated crossing locations.
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The site visits generated several key observations and findings for specific treatments that affected the presentation within the Guidebook. Rather than repeating those key treatment observations here, the reader should review the appropriate section of the Guidebook.
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• Regular involvement of an advisory committee of transit users with disabilities in planning grade crossings and other pedestrian facilities can help to assure that facilities not only comply with the ADA but that they are user-friendly.
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