Press Releases, articles and publications

Press release and articles for the project kick-off

• UIC press release in English, French and German http://safer-lc.eu/safer-lc-kick-off-meeting#Press-releases
• VIA LIBRE daily magazine Bulletin: The magazine’s target audience includes experts from the Spanish railway sector, Latin America and many other countries. In Spanish at: https://www.vialibre.org/noticias.asp?not=21854&cs=infr
• CEREMA’s Website : https://www.cerema.fr/fr/actualites/cerema-contribue-au-projeteuropeen-safer-lc-innovation

Press release and articles for the mid-term conference

• UIC press release in English, French and German:
  • https://uic.org/com/IMG/pdf/cp20_safer-lc_mid-term_conference_new_en.pdf
  • https://uic.org/com/IMG/pdf/cp20_safer-lc_mid-term_conference_new_de.pdf
  • https://uic.org/com/IMG/pdf/cp20_safer-lc_mid-term_conference_new_fr.pdf

• VIA LIBRE daily magazine: The magazine’s target audience include experts from the Spanish railway sector, Latin America and many other countries. In Spanish at https://www.vialibre.org/noticias.asp?not=25419&cs=acti
• FFE’s Website: https://www.ffe.es/noticias/noticia.asp?id=1000
• Spanish Railways Technological Platform (PTFE) weekly bulletin available at PTFE’s website: http://www.ptferroviaria.es/boletin/boletin.asp
• CEREMA’s website: https://www.cerema.fr/fr/actualites/securite-aux-passages-niveauetape-franchie-10-octobre

Press release and articles for the final conference

• UIC press release in English, French and German: https://safer-lc.eu/safer-lc-online-final-conference-22-april-2020-from-11-00-to-16-30#Press-Releases-and-articles
• International Railway journal (IRJ). (29 April 2020): article available at: https://www.railjournal.com/infrastructure/uic-level-crossing-safety-project-releasesresults
• Press release at FFE’s Corporate Website: https://www.ffe.es/noticias/noticia.asp?id=1227
• VIA LIBRE daily magazine Bulletin In Spanish at: https://www.vialibre.org/noticias.asp?not=29350&cs=infr
• Spanish Railways Technological Platform (PTFE) weekly bulletin:The news is available at PTFE’s website: http://www.ptferroviaria.es/boletin/boletin.asp?item=224

Publications

Scientific peer-reviewed open access articles published during the project:

• Havârneanu, G.M., Dreßler, A., Grippenkoven, J., Silla, A, Prieto, E., & Bonneau, M.- H. (2018). SAFER-LC project: Safer Level Crossings by integrating and optimizing road-rail infrastructure management and design. Proceedings of 7th Transport Research Arena TRA 2018, April 16-19, 2018, Vienna, Austria. Zenodo - Link.
• Silla, A., Virtanen, A., Lehtonen, E., Mesimäki, J., Bialinska, K., Grippenkoven, J., & Dressler, A. (2019). Auxiliary strobe lights improve train visibility. Paper presented at 26th Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress, ITS Singapore 2019, Singapore - Link.
• Virtanen, A., Silla, A., Jokela, M., & Kauvo, K. (2019). Railroad level crossings and an autonomous vehicle. Paper presented at 13th ITS European Congress, Brainport Eindhoven, Netherlands - Link.
• Dreßler, A., Silla, A., Kortsari, A., Havârneanu, G., Whalley, S., & Grippenkoven, J (2020). Human-centered measures to enhance safety at level crossings. Transport Research Arena 2020, Helsinki, Finland. (Conference cancelled due to COVID-19, book of abstract and articles published)
• Carrese, S., Petrelli, M., Renna, A. (2020). Safety at LCs in Italy: evidence from the Safer-LC Project. In Transportation Research Procedia vol. 45 pp.562-571 - Link.
• Dreßler, A. & Grippenkoven, J. (in prep.) Look for train: How do low-cost safety measures affect driver behavior at passive road-rail grade crossings?

Other publications published during the project:

• January 2018: EI – Der Eisenbahningenieur (Railway Engineer): "SAFER-LC:
  Innovative Lösungen für mehr Sicherheit am Bahnübergang“ (SAFER-LC: innovative solutions for enhanced safety at level crossings) – introduction of the project (DLR)
• November 2018: Intelligent Transport magazine - safety & security supplement: Common article with SAFER STRIP and SAFE TEN-T (UIC).
• September 2019: periodica polytechnica (https://pp.bme.hu/) - “Analysis of in-vehicle warning system for Rail-Road Level Crossings. Case study in the city of Thessaloniki, Greece.” (CERTH) - Link.
• January/ February 2019: S+D Signal und Draht – “Performance indicators for innovative safety measures at Level Crossings“ (DLR).
• April 2020: Global Railway Review – Article on Level crossings including information on SAFER-LC (UIC) - Link.
• June 2020 : Transportation Research Procedia - "Estimating time of arrival of trains at level crossings for the provision of multimodal cooperative services (CERTH) - Link.