The Transportation Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) released its "Guidebook on Pedestrian Crossings of Public Transit Rail Services," a document of engineering treatments to improve pedestrian safety along light rail, commuter rail, and streetcar transit services.

The guidebook addresses key pedestrian safety issues associated with each of these types of public transit rail services. It also presents pedestrian crossing issues associated with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and Americans with Disabilities Act, summarizes decision flowcharts used to make decisions regarding pedestrian treatments at rail crossings, presents information for 34 pedestrian treatments used at rail crossings grouped into eight categories, and includes four case studies that examine specific decisions with respect to pedestrian rail crossings. The guide is supplemented by "Treatments Used at Pedestrian Crossings of Public Transit Rail Services," which presents the methods and results from the detailed literature review, data analysis, industry survey, interviews, and site visits conducted to develop the Guidebook.

The document could benefit transit agencies that provide light rail, commuter rail, and streetcar services, departments of transportation, and planners seeking to improve the safety of pedestrians crossing public transit rails.