Operation of Light Rail Transit through Ungated Crossings at Speeds over 35 MPH (2012) / Chapter Skim
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... TCRP Web-Only Document 53 3 CHAPTER 2: IDENTIFICATION OF PARTICIPATING LRT AGENCY AND POTENTIAL STUDY CROSSINGS This chapter summarizes the approach used for identifying both the participating LRT agency as well as the potential study crossings. The objectives of Task 1 were to survey LRT agencies and to identify potential highway-rail crossings suitable for further study.
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... TCRP Web-Only Document 53 4 3. New Jersey Transit (Hudson-Bergen Line)
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... TCRP Web-Only Document 53 5 New Jersey Transit (Hudson-Bergen Line) The SAIC team also spoke with staff at New Jersey Transit (Hudson-Bergen Line)
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... TCRP Web-Only Document 53 6 Finally, the distance from a crossing to the nearest LRT station needs to be sufficient to allow LRVs to either accelerate from the station up to the higher speeds prior to entering the crossing (where the nearest station is upstream of the crossing) or to decelerate from the higher speeds at the crossing to the station (where the nearest station is downstream of the crossing)
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... TCRP Web-Only Document 53 7 Table 2. Distances from Crossings to Nearest Station: Southbound Guadalupe Line (Tasman Dr.
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... TCRP Web-Only Document 53 8  Lawrence Expy. and Tasman Dr.
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... TCRP Web-Only Document 53 9 improvements, these steps have been largely taken; however, it should be noted that considering the VTA's safety improvement project did not replace the research that would be conducted for TCRP A-32, rather it complemented it. In moving forward with Task 2, the study team focused on identifying countermeasures that could supplement and/or complement the VTA's countermeasures.
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... TCRP Web-Only Document 53 10 Table 3. Northbound North First Street Crossings Meeting Selection Criteria (Including VTA Improvements)
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... TCRP Web-Only Document 53 11 Table 4. Southbound North First Street Crossings Meeting Selection Criteria (Including VTA Improvements)
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... TCRP Web-Only Document 53 12 The only other crossing that met all of the TCRP A-32 criteria for selection of a test site was the intersection of North First St. and Plumeria Dr.
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... TCRP Web-Only Document 53 13 Figure 3. Study Intersections Intersection Geometrics Figure 4, Figure 5, and Figure 6 show the geometry of the three study sites using aerial imagery.
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... TCRP Web-Only Document 53 14 Figure 5. Aerial View of North First Street and Charcot Ave.
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... TCRP Web-Only Document 53 15 Table 5 summarizes the general geometric characteristics of the three study intersections. The designs of the study intersections, in general, provide separate lanes for the different movements (left-turn, through, right-turn)
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... TCRP Web-Only Document 53 16 Traffic Volumes Table 6 shows the traffic volumes by turning movement. Traffic volumes were collected in 2008 and 2009, and according to the City of San Jose, traffic volumes have not changed by any noticeable margin since they collected these data.
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... TCRP Web-Only Document 53 17 pedestrians per hour. Bicyclists are very few as well.

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