@article{ref1,
title="A mathematical modeling approach to resource allocation for railroad-highway crossing safety upgrades",
journal="Accident analysis and prevention",
year="2013",
author="Konur, Dinçer and Golias, Mihalis M. and Darks, Brandon",
volume="51",
number="",
pages="192-201",
abstract="State Departments of Transportation (S-DOT's) periodically allocate budget for safety upgrades at railroad-highway crossings. Efficient resource allocation is crucial for reducing accidents at railroad-highway crossings and increasing railroad as well as highway transportation safety. While a specific method is not restricted to S-DOT's, sorting type of procedures are recommended by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), United States Department of Transportation for the resource allocation problem. In this study, a generic mathematical model is proposed for the resource allocation problem for railroad-highway crossing safety upgrades. The proposed approach is compared to sorting based methods for safety upgrades of public at-grade railroad-highway crossings in Tennessee. The comparison shows that the proposed mathematical modeling approach is more efficient than sorting methods in reducing accidents and severity.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0001-4575",
doi="10.1016/j.aap.2012.11.011",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2012.11.011"
}