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Wednesday
February 20, 2002 |
| 8.00
am |
REGISTRATION |
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Session
1: The role of the law in innovations at railway crossings
- Chair:
Professor Peter LeP Darvall - Deputy
Vice-Chancellor (Research and Development)
Monash University
|
| 9.00
am |
Introduction
- Professor Darvall |
| 9.15
am |
Some
legal considerations
- Sir Ninian Stephen: Justice of the High Court of Australia
1972-1982 |
| 9.45
am |
A
Coroner's viewpoint
- Mr Graeme Johnstone: State Coroner, Victoria |
| 10.15
am |
Questions |
| 10.30
am |
Morning
Coffee |
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Session
2 - 11.00am: Crash patterns at railway crossings
- Chair:
Dr Peter Cairney - Senior Research Scientist: Australian Road
Research Board Transport Research Ltd
|
| 11.00
am |
Safety
at passive crossings in Finland
- Ms Kirsi Pajunen: Technical Research Centre, Finland |
| 11.30
am |
The
UK approach to managing risks at passive crossings
- Mr Aidan Nelson Director, Policy and Standards, UK Railway
Safety |
| 12.00
noon |
An Analysis
of Australian Grade Crossing Accident Statistics
- Mr Geoff Meers
|
| 12.30
pm |
LUNCH |
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Session
3 - 1.30pm: Analysing the Issues
- Chair:
Mr Bruce Corben, Senior Research Fellow, Monash University
Accident Research Centre
|
| 1.30
pm |
A Review of studies to improve safety at passive rail-highway
crossings at grade (HRI)
- Professor Gene Russell: Mark & Margaret Hulings Professor
Kansas State University |
| 2.00
pm |
A
risk scoring matrix for assessing safety at passive crossings
- Mr Peter Hughes: Safety risk manager Queensland Railways |
| 2.30
pm |
Highway/Rail
Intersection Integrated Database
- Ms Dinetha Thompson: ATTventure Ltd |
| 3.00
pm |
Afternoon
Tea |
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Session
4 - 3.30pm: Some human factors issues
- Chair:
Mr Kevin Band, Executive and General Manager, Safety and Environment,
Queensland Rail
|
| 3.30
pm |
A context
sensitive approach to improving safety at passive crossings
- Professor Ronald W Eck: Dept of Civil Engineering West Virginia
University
|
| 4.00
pm |
Challenges
and opportunities for ITS standards at highway- rail intersections
- Mr Richard Weiland, President, Weiland Consulting Co |
| 4.30
pm |
Policy
and strategy for the installation of flashing lights at rural
sugar cane crossings
- Mr Ian Ballard, CSR Sugar, Queensland |
| 5.00 |
CLOSE |
| 7.00
pm for 7.30 pm |
Conference
Dinner at Monash University Staff Club
Dinner Speaker: Mr Eric Howard, General Manager Road Safety,
VicRoads
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Thursday
February 21, 2002 |
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Session
5 - 9.00am: Administrative and behavioural solutions
- Chair:
Mr Richard A Mather, Chairman (US) National Research Council
Transportation Research Board Committee A3A05, Railroad-Highway
Grade Crossings
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| 9.00
am |
Closure of U.S. Highway-Railroad Grade Crossings: A Status Report
- Mr Ron Ries: US DOT FRA Office of Safety |
| 9.30
am |
Direction
2006 - Rails safety saving lives and eliminating injuries in
Canada
- Mr Roger Cameron: Chairperson, Communication working group,
Direction 2006 Transport Canada |
| 10.00
am |
Operation
Lifesaver
- Ms Gerri Hall: President, Operation Lifesaver |
| 10.30
am |
Morning
Coffee |
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Session
6 - 11.00am: Some innovative research opportunities
- Chair:
Dr Ian Johnston, Director, Monash University Accident Research
Centre
|
| 11.00
am |
The
Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC) Driving Simulator
- Professor Tom J Triggs: Professor of Psychology and Deputy
Director, MUARC |
| 11.30
am |
Do pictogram
signs increase safety at passive crossings? - a simulator
experiment
- Ms Eve Mitsopoulos, Research Assistant, MUARC
|
| 12.00
am |
Are
there new options to reduce crash occurrence and injury severity
at passive crossings?
- Mr George Rechnitzer, Senior Research Fellow, MUARC |
| 12.30
noon |
LUNCH |
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Session
7 - 1.30pm: Some innovative devices and ideas (1)
- Chair:
Professor Eugene R. Russell, Sr. Mark and Margaret Hulings
Professor, Dept of Civil Engineering, Kansas State University
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1.30 pm
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Prototype
testing of proximity alerting devices - James A Smailes, US
DOT FRA Office of Railroad Development
|
| 2.00
pm |
Evaluation
of alternative detection technologies
- Ms Anya Carroll, Principal Investigator, US DOT Volpe Centre |
| 2.30
pm |
Some
innovatory devices under active consideration in Victoria, Australia
- Mr Phil Jordan: Principal Road Safety Engineer VicRoads |
| 3.00
pm |
Afternoon
tea |
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Session
8 - 3.30pm: Some innovative devices and ideas (2)
- Chair:
Mr Terry Spicer, Manager, Operations and Freight, Department
of Infrastructure, Victoria
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|
3.30 pm
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Wheelchairs
at railroad crossings; Issues and needs
- Professor Ronald W Eck, Dept of Civil Engineering, University
of West Virginia |
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Session
9 - 4.30pm: Recommendations and resolutions
- Chair:
Dr Ian Johnston, Director , Monash University Accident Research
Centre
|
| 4.30
pm |
Proposals
and discussion |
| 5.00
pm |
Symposium
closes |
