Conference paper
Raising the bar: A cultural-historical deconstruction of rail level crossings and their future relevance
Proceedings of the 2018 Conference on Railway Excellence (CORE), 441
Conference on Railway Excellence (CORE): Rail: smart, automated, sustainable, 2018 (Sydney, Australia, 30-Apr-2018 - 02-May-2018)
Railway Technical Society of Australasia (RTSA)
2018
Abstract
The rail level crossing is a place of rich contrasts. As a primary means of communicating potential train movements, it informs driver and pedestrian behaviours and by separating rail from road traffic, reduces elementary safety risk. Despite this, a rail level crossing does not seek to engineer out the hazard (i.e. the trains or road vehicles, depending on the view taken), but represents an engineering control to manage collision potential. This paper reviews current level crossing research through the lens of a cultural-historical representation of rail level crossings and discusses rail level crossing design from a systems perspective to identify key factors for sustainability. Once a technical marvel and remarkable feat of engineering, this paper questions if level crossings have had their day, or whether they are still relevant for enhancing the liveability, accessibility, productivity and requisite safety of modern society.
Details
- Title
- Raising the bar: A cultural-historical deconstruction of rail level crossings and their future relevance
- Authors
- Anjum Naweed (Author) - Central Queensland UniversityGregoire Larue (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
- Publication details
- Proceedings of the 2018 Conference on Railway Excellence (CORE), 441; 433
- Conference details
- Conference on Railway Excellence (CORE): Rail: smart, automated, sustainable, 2018 (Sydney, Australia, 30-Apr-2018 - 02-May-2018)
- Publisher
- Railway Technical Society of Australasia (RTSA)
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; Road Safety Research Collaboration
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99648950502621
- Output Type
- Conference paper
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