Systems Engineering Division Railroad Unit

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Title: Systems Engineering Division Railroad Unit

1
LA DOTD Highway - Rail Safety Overview
2008 Louisiana Highway - Rail Safety
Summit February 27 2008
Janice P. Williams P. E. Chief Systems
Engineering Division LA DOTD
2
Highway - Rail Safety Pop Quiz

If you have 2900 public locations to cross
railroad tracks in LA and 200 trains per day
using those tracks

3
Highway - Rail Safety Pop Quiz

What do you get
Time to listen to your I-pod while you wait for
trains to pass
Drivers playing Chicken with trains
On average the 5th worst record in the country
for Highway - Rail Crossing incidents
All of the above

4
Highway - Rail Safety Pop Quiz

All too often we get something
like this

5
LA DOTD Highway - Rail Safety Overview

Mission
Organization
Functions

6
LA DOTD Highway - Rail Safety Overview

Mission
Background
Mission Statement

7
Background
Mission

16348 Miles State Roads
2700 Miles Rail
76 of Rail Mileage Class 1

8
Background (continued)

1 of only 2 States with 6 Class 1 Railroads
Union Pacific Railroad UP
Kansas City Southern Railway KCS
Canadian National/Illinois Central CNIC
Burlington Northern Santa Fe BNSF
Norfolk Southern Corporation NS
CSX Transportation Inc. CSX

9
Background (continued)

DOTD RR Safety Budget Partition
8 million per fiscal year
100 Federal funds
50 projects per year on average
Cross-buck w/ Stop or Yield sign 2 K
Flashers w/Gates 200K

10
Background (continued)

Highway Rail Grade Crossing Math
8 million per year
Avg cost of 200K per crossing
By 2058 we could Gate all public crossings in
LA
Does not include replacement or upgrade of
existing equipment

11
LA DOTD Systems Engineering Section Railroad Unit
Mission Statement

Our mission is to strive to save lives at
Louisianas highway/rail crossings through
appropriate administration of Federal Railroad
Safety Funds Louisiana Operation Lifesaver
participation ongoing involvement with
Parish/City governments effective
closures/consolidations teams and upgrading
crossings/obtaining Railroad Agreements as part
of DOTDs construction program.

12
Organization Chart
LA DOTD
Systems Engineering Division Janice P. Williams
P. E.
Systems Engineering Section Trey Jesclard P. E.
Railroad Unit Bill Shrewsberry P. E.
Carlton Bell Gary Milligan
Kim Brunty
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Railroad Unit Functions