ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the evaluation of the novel rail level crossing designs by a variety of road users. Survey respondents were asked to describe what they liked and disliked about each design, and to compare the designs with respect to the key criteria such as safety, compliance, efficiency and preference. Four male respondents completed the urban heavy vehicle drivers' survey, comprising three current professional drivers aged between 25 and 54 years, all of whom lived in Victoria, and one retired driver from Queensland. Ten respondents aged between 18 and 64 years completed the urban cyclists' survey, of whom one had professional experience relevant to rail level crossing safety. Additionally, differences in both participant demographics and the participant experience could account for discrepancies between the survey and simulator evaluations of rural designs. For the rural designs, however, the simulator and survey evaluations yielded conflicting results.
