00000nam 2200000zi 4500 9.919158 CaOODSP 20230503111801 m o d f cr cn||||||||| 230116e200305##qucado ob f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng rda CaOODSP n-cn--- T48-40/2003E-PDF Gou, Michel, 1944- author. Impact of heavy vehicles on crossing safety : development of an adapted design tool / by Michel Gou, Olivier Bellavigna-Ladoux, with the collaboration of Étienne Dummont-MacKay. Montreal, Quebec : Transport Canada, May 2003. 1 online resource (1 volume (various pagings)) : illustrations, charts, photographs text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier At head of title: Highway-railway grade crossing research. "Prepared for Ministère des Transports du Québec by Centre de développement technologique, École Polytechnique de Montréal." Issued also in French under title : Impact des véhicules lourds sur la sécurité aux passages à niveau : développement d'un outil de conception adapté. Includes bibliographical references (pages 75-77). "As part of a study commissioned by Transport Quebec aimed at evaluating the impact of heavy vehicles on the safety of railway crossings, we tested various classes of heavy vehicles to determine their acceleration and braking performances used in calculating sight triangles at railway crossings. After being applied in a mathematical model, the acceleration testing results were used to develop a railway crossings design and verification tool to be integrated into the RTD 10 standards, entitled "Road/Railway Grade Crossings: Technical Standards and Inspection, Testing and Maintenance Requirements". Recommendations were presented on integrating the tool into RDT 10, using uniform units of measure, removing fixed crossing reference times in RTD 10, and abolishing regulations restricting the shifting of gears while crossing railway tracks"--Abstract, page iii. Railroad crossings Canada Safety measures. Railroad crossings Canada Design and construction. Canada. Transport Canada, issuing body. Transportation Development Centre (Canada), issuing body. Impact des véhicules lourds sur la sécurité aux passages à niveau : (CaOODSP)9.922131 Impact of heavy vehicles on crossing safety : 2004 (CaOODSP)9.686952 PDF 2.86 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2023/tc/T48-40-2003-eng.pdf TP14172E