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TTI’s Warner Presents at Special Session on Trespass and Suicide Prevention at ILCAD International Rail Safety Conference

June 30, 2022

Recognizing the importance of increasing awareness of the safety dangers at highway–rail grade crossings (also known as level crossings), the International Union of Railways (UIC) began the International Level Crossing Awareness Day (ILCAD) in 2009. Level crossing safety remains a major safety concern — especially regarding the dangers of trespassing on rail rights-of-way. In the […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: guidebook, Highway-rail crossings, Jeff Warner, level crossing, rail crossing, rail crossing safety, rail industry, safety, TCRP, TRB

TTI Helps Nebraska Town with Life- and Time-Saving Rail-Monitoring System

October 10, 2018

With decades of experience helping cities establish rail-monitoring systems for the safety and convenience of their citizens, Leonard Ruback added Fremont, Nebraska, to his portfolio when that city’s system went on line in May. Ruback is a senior research scientist at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI). Ruback’s work developing rail-monitoring systems began more than […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: freight, Leonard Ruback, LIDAR, rail, rail crossing

TTI Organizes Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety Conference

December 9, 2015

Held every other year, about 120 highway-rail grade crossing safety professionals attended the 2015 National Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety Training Conference in Arlington, Texas, Nov. 1-4. Organized by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), the conference is attended by state agencies, railroad employees and vendors concerned with improving safety at railroad crossings. About 250 fatalities […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: conference, rail crossing, rail-grade, safety

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