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P.O. Box 66
Golf, IL 60029
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BICYCLIST, PEDESTRIAN, AND SAFETY RESOURCES
- AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety
- America Bikes
- America Bikes - Fair Share for Safety (PDF)
- Angels on the Tracks - Crossing to Safety
- Beverly Blast
- Chicago Area Transportation Study
- Chicagoland Bicycle Federation (PDF)
- Criterion Press publications on RR Crossing Safety/Train Braking
- DuPage Railroad Safety Council
- League of Illinois Bicyclists
- National Congress of Pedestrian Advocates safety links
- Operation Lifesaver - Illinois
- Operation Lifesaver national site
- PEDSAFE Pedestrian Safety Guide and Countermeasure Selection System
- Suicide Prevention Resource Center
- Victor's Crossing
EDUCATION, ENFORCEMENT, AND ENGINEERING RESOURCES
- Chicago Area Transportation Study re Train Horn Rule (PDF)
- Guidance on Traffic Control at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
- Health World Museum
- Human Factors Canada - Rail Study (PDF)
- Human Factors Safety Program - Virginia (PDF)
- Human Reliability and Railway (PDF)
- Institute of Transportation Engineers' website on Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
- Intelligent and Advanced Warning Systems - Spot Devices
- Intelligent Transportation Society of America
- John Glennon - Railroad Defense Definitions of Extra-Hazardous Railroad Crossings - A Rebuttal
- Light Rail Service - Vehicular and Pedestrian Safety
- MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics
- National Research Council Transportation Research Board Transit Cooperative Research Program Report 44 Consensus Standards for the Rail Transit Industry (PDF)
- National Research Council Transportation Research Board Transit Cooperative Research Program Report 34 Light Rail Service: Vehicular and Pedestrian Safety (PDF)
- National Research Council Transportation Research Board Transit Cooperative Research Program Report 69 Light Rail Service: Pedestrian and Vehicular Safety (PDF)
- National Transportation Safety Board Safety Study re Safety at Passive Grade Crossings 1998 (PDF)
- North Carolina "Sealed Corridor" Study to U.S. Department of Transportation September 2001 (PDF)
- Northwestern University Center for Public Safety
- NTA Study of Train Whistle Bans 1995
- Risk Managers Society Resources on Pedestrian Safety (registration apparently required)
- Federal Highway Administration How to Develop a Pedestrian Safety Action Plan (PDF)
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RESOURCES
- Federal Highway Administration
- Federal Highway Administration - Bicycle and Pedestrian Program
- Federal Highway Administration Executive Summary - Guidance on Traffic Control Devices at Highway Grade Crossings
- FHWA Guidance for Selection of Traffic Control Systems
- Federal Railroad Association - Final version FAQs for the train horn rule from the Federal RR Administration (PDF)
- Federal Railroad Administration
- Federal Railroad Administration Office of Safety Analysis
- Federal Railroad Safety Program
- Federal Railroad Administration Secretary's Action Plan - Hwy and Rail Crossing Trespass Prevention Program (PDF)
- Federal Laws - Compilation of Railroad Laws Relating to Railroad Regulation (508 page PDF)
- FRA January 2000 "Updated" Analysis of Train Whistle Bans
- Federal Transit Administration National Transit Database
- National Transportation Safety Board
- National Transportation Safety Study
- National Transportation Safety Board Rosenker Comments to NTSB
- National Safety Transportation Board, Philip Pagano Statement to NTSB
- U.S. Department of Transportation/Federal Transit Administration
- U.S. Department of Transportation Briefing Page
- U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary's Action Plan June 2004 Highway-Rail Crossing Safety and Trespass Prevention (PDF)
- U.S. Department of Transportation Rail Safety Audit June 21, 2004 (PDF)
- U.S. Department of Transportation Traffic Controls for Highway-Rail Grade Crossings MUTCD 2000 (PDF)
ILLINOIS GOVERNMENT RESOURCES
- Auditor General (Illinois) Synopsis of Audit of Grade Crossing Protection Fund
- CREATE: Chicago Region and Environmental Efficiency Program (PDF)
- Illinois Commerce Commission - ICC Crossing Improvement Plan - Proposed Projects for Grade Crossing Protection Fund (PDF)
- Illinois General Assembly site
- Illinois Commerce Commission Collision Statistics for Public At-Grade Crossings may 27, 2005 (PDF)
- Illinois Commerce Commission Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety & Enforcement Manual 2002 (PDF)
- Illinois Commerce Commission Application for Crossing Safety Improvement Program (PDF)
- ICC Report on Pedestrian Safety at Railroad Crossings April 2005 (PDF)
- Illinois Commerce Commission
- Illinois Commerce Commission - Railroad Safety Documents available on ICC site
- Illinois Secretary of State Bicycle Rules of the Road (PDF)
RAILROAD INDUSTRY RESOURCES
- Association of American Railroads - Chicago Create Project
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen
- List of Railroad Companies (PDF)
- Railroad Data.com - Links to Railroad Websites
- Railway Age Magazine: Home & Links pages
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