The revised handbook is an element of the DOT Rail-Highway Crossing Safety Action Plan. Information to update the handbook will be obtained from a number of sources including the FHWA, State and local highway agencies, and the railroad industry and suppliers.

The handbook was last published in 1986. Since then there have been two major highway acts impacting rail-highway crossing improvements. There have also been significant changes to the Manual on Traffic Control Devices, major research projects carried out relevant to rail-highway crossings, and technological advances in crossing traffic control devices.

A contract to update the Rail-Highway Grade Crossing Handbook was awarded to Richards and Associates in September,1995. Draft materials for the handbook have been submitted to the FHWA for review. The updated handbook should be ready for distribution by March 2000.

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