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The 2008 Rail Corridor Safety Conference

A Railroad Runs Through It: Working Together for Mobility & Safety

May 12-14, 2008
Ventura Beach Marriott, Ventura, CA
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Join us at the 2008 Rail Corridor Safety Conference (Western Region), which will focus on the latest developments in rail corridor safety issues, highway-rail grade-crossing safety improvements, and planning and construction around rails by local agencies. This three-day conference will bring together all of the parties working together to improve mobility and safety in rail transportation corridors: state and federal regulators; cities, counties, and transit agencies; and heavy rail, light rail and short line operators.

This year's conference will include a workshop tailored for city and county representatives. This session will include local agency-oriented discussions about how to determine jurisdiction for maintenance responsibility; how to solve maintenance and construction issues; how to set up work zones, flagging and temporary traffic control around the rails; the requirements of the MUTCD; updates to the FHWA handbook; the basics of crossings; and signal preemption.

This conference is co-organized by the Federal Railroad Administration and the University of California Berkeley's Institute of Transportation Studies.

Scheduled topics include:

• Development around the rails
• Crossing Diagnostics
• Rail safety, security, and preparedness
• Grade crossing design and practices
• Pedestrian crossings and trespass
• Corridors and shared use
• Administering safety in a corridor
• Regional coordination within a corridor
• Updates from the Federal agencies (FRA, FHWA, FTA, etc...)
• Private crossings
• Funding sources
• Community outreach
• Innovations in rail safety

For more details about this conference, including exhibiting, sponsoring, or registering, please visit the Rail Conference homepage.

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