How will pedestrian safety, especially near schools, be addressed?
Appropriate pedestrian crossing control devices for at-grade crossings are critical for rail system safety. In addition to standard cross-walk markings, control devices for pedestrian crossings include flashing light signals, signs, markings along the outside of the rail line, curbside pedestrian barriers, pedestrian automated gates, swing gates, bedstead barriers, and crossing channelization. The Federal Highway Administration’s Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and Railroad-Highway Grade Crossing Handbook, Revised Second Edition, available online at the following address http://www.ite.org/bookstore/gradecrossing/, describes these devices in greater detail. Metro policies related to grade separations along exclusive rights-of-way will also be applied.
