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39 C H A P T E R 6 Given the number of possible treatments that could be implemented, it is important to have a method by which practitioners can determine what treatment(s) may be most appropriate for a given crossing or set of conditions.
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40 Guidebook on Pedestrian Crossings of Public Transit Rail Services Figure 16. TCRP Report 69 pedestrian-controls decision tree (see Tables 11 and 12 for considerations for each decision point)
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Treatment Selection 41 pedestrian inattention occurs -- active warning devices, barrier channelization, and pedestrian automatic gates (positive control) are recommended.
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42 Guidebook on Pedestrian Crossings of Public Transit Rail Services but which include changes to several of the decision points. Figure 17 shows the flowchart, and Table 13 provides additional discussion of the decision points.
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Treatment Selection 43 Source: SCRRA Highway-Rail Grade Crossings: Recommended Design Practices and Standards Manual, Figure 4-2 (13) Figure 17.
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44 Guidebook on Pedestrian Crossings of Public Transit Rail Services to produce a crossing score, between zero and 86. The assessor is instructed that "the risk must be reduced" when the crossing score is more than 55.
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Treatment Selection 45 Question Responses & Scores Assessor's Notes Score 1. Is there unauthorized use at the crossing?
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46 Guidebook on Pedestrian Crossings of Public Transit Rail Services Table 15. Details considered for assessment of station crossings in the United Kingdom (Factors 1–7)
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Treatment Selection 47 implementation procedure to be used throughout Utah as new grade crossings are created and existing grade crossings are reviewed and improved. Each grade crossing is unique and therefore is evaluated on a case-by-case basis by a diagnostic team as defined in the current UDOT Railroad Coordination Manual of Instruction (48)
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48 Guidebook on Pedestrian Crossings of Public Transit Rail Services Source: UDOT, 2013 (47) Figure 18.
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Treatment Selection 49 Source: UDOT, 2013 (47) Figure 19.
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50 Guidebook on Pedestrian Crossings of Public Transit Rail Services Source: UDOT, 2013 (47) Figure 20.
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Treatment Selection 51 Source: UDOT, 2013 (47) Figure 21.
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