Improve mobility...safety…and operational flexibility Grade Crossings Every day you move from home to work or play and back again. Today, people need

transportation to be like the rest of their world –technologically advanced, efficient and

seamless. That’s what we do at VHB. We improve mobility by planning and designing

smarter, more sustainable transportation networks and by helping our clients make

the right decisions to keep their projects on right track.

Grade Crossing The existence of highway-railroad at-grade crossings can have a significant impact on the safety in a community. While efforts are continuing to be made to improve the safety of at-grade crossings and to minimize the rate of potential accidents, many communities are effected by increasing rail traffic. VHB has facilitated and streamlined the process to update grade crossing inventories, reviewed accident and traffic data, and evaluated the need to implement additional safety measures to meet FRA criteria for cities, towns and transit agencies for Class 1 freight lines, short lines, commuter rail (electrified and non-electric), Amtrak, Developers, state and federal agencies.

A unique benefit we are able to offer clients is the ability to look at “at-grade” crossings through both highway and rail perspectives. We have national expertise in both and staff that are active on MUTCD and ITE committees and are active on both AREMA’s and APTA’s TRB Committees on Highway/Railroad grade crossings.

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David Wilcock, PE – National Director | 617.607.2148 | dwilcock@vhb.com Terry Byrne, Operations Director | 617.607.2990 | tbyrne@vhb.comDavid Terry

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Grade Crossings

Our grade crossing safety capabilities include: corridor and local community reviews of highway-rail crossings; assessment of traffic flows and available safety alternatives; development of supplementary safety measure recommendations and estimates of their cost; draft proposals to facilitate and focus discussions between railroads and communities for presentation to State and Federal regulators; development of crossing safety improvement programs; establishment of priorities; consideration of funding sources; development of standards or guidelines in the selection of alternative grade crossing protection and/or crossing consolidations; performance of railroad relocation/re-routing and grade crossing mitigation feasibility studies.

Representative Projects » LIRR Diagnostic Team Study – Oyster Bay, NY » Vermont – VT 62, Lake Street, St. Albans, Quarry Street in Montpelier, including the Quiet

Zone from Shelburne to Burlington, the oldest FRA approved Quiet Zone » South Coast Rail – Several over the years including the complete corridor wide study

involving about 50 grade crossings (MBTA owner) » MBTA - Beverly crossings (2) (MassDOT with MBTA owner) » NJT – Faculty Road (owner Princeton University) » PATH – Corbin and Tyler Road (PATH owner, Conrail shared lines operator) » MaineDOT – Berwick Bridge Railroad Crossing and Signals » SunRail – Phase 1 preliminary corridor wide study with more than 100 crossings, Orlando

Hospital (Quiet Zone), Town of Winter Park and Orlando (Quiet Zones) » City of Richmond, VA – Virginia Capital Trail Richmond Riverfront Section (crossing

operated by Norfolk Southern) » FHWA – Study, At-grade interconnection to Highway Traffic signals

Sampling of Clients and Agencies » Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

» Long Island Railroad

» New Jersey Transit

» Virginia Department of Transportation

» Sunrail

» FHWA