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• Rail safety funding

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• Rail safety funding
• Rail safety improvement program
• Transport Canada

Beginning in 2018, the Government of Canada allocated more than $71 million over four years for RSIP. Last year RSIP funded 136 projects, including 40 municipal projects, for a total of $16.5 million (an average of $120,000 per project). Funding was provided to municipalities as small as 400 people and to provincial departments of transportation. […]

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• FAQ
• Federal Funding
• Funding
• Rail safety funding
• Rail safety improvement program
• Transport Canada

1. What is the Rail Safety Improvement Program (RSIP)? Funding program to improve rail safety and reduce injuries and fatalities related to rail transportation. What does the program fund? The ITR component funds projects that improve public safety at rail property and rail lines (both federally and provincially regulated) and research and development of technologies […]

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• Rail
• Rail Safety
• Traffic delay
• Traffic Modeling

The Data Let’s start with the data. For this blog, I’m using 91 days of train and traffic data collected by TRAINFO at the Waverley St rail crossing in Winnipeg, Manitoba. We recorded the start and end time of every rail crossing blockage using our trackside, train detection sensors and measured the unique travel time […]

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• Traffic
• Traffic delay
• Traffic Modeling

Similarity #1: Relatively small, isolated issues within a much larger system. Kidney stones are small compared to the entire body and isolated to a specific part within the body; the kidney. Traffic issues at rail crossings are small compared to issues across the entire road network and isolated to specific areas around rail crossings. Similarity […]

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• Rail Safety

But a new disturbing trend has emerged in the past 10 years. Accidents are no longer decreasing. In fact, the data reveal a reversing trend, and accidents at rail crossings are increasing. What’s going on? With more than 10 years of data showing this reversal, there seems to be enough evidence to suggest that existing […]

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• Google
• ITS
• Traffic congestion
• TRAINFO

It’s a Tuesday in March. I have an important lunch meeting downtown and I’m already running a bit late. It’s 11:43 am. I jump into my car, connect my phone, and ask Google for directions. “Hey Google, how do I get to Jimmy’s Restaurant on Main St?” Almost instantly three routes pop up. I pick […]

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• Federal Rail Safety Funding
• Rail safety improvement program
• RSIP
• Transport Canada

TRAINFO has successfully applied for RSIP funding twice, has helped 7 public agencies apply for nearly $2.5 million in funding, and regularly meets with Transport Canada to discuss RSIP and learn how to leverage the program most effectively. Based on our experience and these discussions, we compiled a list of tips for successfully applying for […]

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• Rail Safety
• Traffic congestion
• Traffic delay
• Traffic Modeling

First, it’s important to understand that traffic delay at rail crossings comprises two periods: (1) delays that occur while the train is occupying the crossing (the blockage period) and (2) delays that occur after the train has cleared the crossing (the recovery period). It turns out that 1/3 of traffic delay occurs during the blockage […]

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• Delay
• Rail
• Traffic
• Traffic delay
• Traffic Modeling

In 2017, the City of Winnipeg wanted to get some solid numbers about how much traffic was actually delayed at this crossing. The City approached TRAINFO and asked for our help. We happily agreed and used it as an opportunity to compare the conventional modeling method and TRAINFO’s new measurement method for estimating traffic delay […]