Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP)

RRD
 participates in the Railway-Highway Grade Crossing portion of the HSIP, with the following goals:
  • Grade separation of public at-grade crossings.
  • Closing redundant or unnecessary crossings.
  • Enhancing safety at public at-grade crossings.
  • Improving inventory tracking of crossings and rail-highway projects.
Each year,
RRD
 reports progress to the FHWA, including:
  • Crash data on at-grade crossings.
  • Quantity of public crossings, separated as active, passive, and grade separated.
  • Annual funding obligated under
    Section 130
    .
  • Procedures for prioritizing projects under
    Section 130
    .
  • How TxDOT is analyzing crash data and tracking effectiveness of safety upgrades from the
    Section 130 program
     .
  • Other efforts to improve
    at-grade
     crossing safety.
For more information, see the Highway Safety Improvement Program Manual.