Development of a German Level Crossing Prioritization and Consolidation Model
- Level crossings represent high risk for both rail and road users due to the severe consequences of any possible accident. Between 2011-2020, a total of 1602 accidents occurred at level crossings in Germany and resulted in 344 fatalities. Therefore, elimination of accident risk through consolidation of level crossings becomes a priority. However, due to the scarcity of financial resources in comparison to the high costs that level crossings consolidation or safety upgrade projects require, there is a need for the creation of tools that prioritize the level crossings for consolidation projects based on several criteria that is not related to safety only but to social, economic and environmental aspects as well. Such tool would be particularly useful for authorities and decision-makers in Germany to improve the resource allocation process and increase overall safety at German level crossings. In this project, the level crossing prioritization and consolidation models that are applied all over the world are reviewed and analyzed to benefit from the international experiences in this field. Additionally, a literature review to determine the most influencing factors on level crossing safety was performed. After that, a points-based priority score for German level crossings was developed based on analytic hierarchy process (AHP) methodology after a pairwise comparison survey was conducted to a selected level crossing group of experts. The developed model assigns a priority score from 1000 points to each level crossing. Crossings could be ranked according to their priority for consolidation and safety upgrade based on the points received as crossings with the highest priority score have a higher priority for elimination.
Author: | Omar Abu Saad |
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Advisor: | Elena Queck, Monique DorschGND |
Document Type: | Master's Thesis |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2022/09/21 |
Year of first Publication: | 2022 |
Publishing Institution: | Westsächsische Hochschule Zwickau |
Tag: | Bahnübergänge Consolidation; Level crossings; Prioritization |
Page Number: | 281 |
Faculty: | Westsächsische Hochschule Zwickau / Kraftfahrzeugtechnik |
Release Date: | 2022/10/28 |