Florida Department of

TRANSPORTATION

Rail and Motor Carrier Operations Office

• 2006 Rail System Map

Rail System Plans

2010 Plan

• Policy Element (adopted March 2009)

• Investment Element (adopted December 2010)

2006 Plans

• 2006 Rail System Plan

• 2006 Passenger Rail Vision Plan

2004 Plan

• Passenger Component

• Freight Component

• 2002 Plan

  • Rail Connectivity Needs Assessment

• 2000 Plan

Information on Vehicle Laws

• Information on the Movement of Slow, Heavy and/or Low Vehicle Clearance in the State of Florida Brochure (January 2013)

• Motor Vehicle Laws Commonly Violated at Highway Railroad Grade Crossings in the State of Florida Brochure (January 2013)

• Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety Action Plan (August 2011)

• Rail Handbook Procedure (725-080-002) (September 2010)

• Rail Handbook (January 2012)

Grade Crossing Opening/Closure

• Crossing Opening/Closure Application (Word Form - 2012)

• Crossing Opening/Closure Application (pdf - 2012)

Special Studies

Planning

• Analysis of Freight Movement Mode Choice Factors

• Coast to Coast Feasibility Study - Preliminary Report

• Response of Railroad and Truck Freight Shipments to Optimal Excess Capacity Subsidies and Externality Taxes

Safety/Enforcement

• Acceleration Characteristics of Starting Vehicles

• AWARE Pilot Project Final Report

  • Appendix E

• Evaluation of X-Box Pavement Markings at Railroad- Highway Crossings

• Four Quadrant Gate Timing Analysis

• Rail Crossing Guard Pilot Project Final Report

Video Based Studies

• Flexible Traffic Separators

• Highway Railroad Grade Crossings