Quad Gates (for track speed of 110mph or less)

Quad gates have been shown to reduce collisions at-grade crossings by 98 percent.¹

The Authority will work with communities along the rail corridors to install safer rail crossings, such as 4 Quadrant Gates, or Quad Gates. Quad gates are designed to block all lanes of traffic on both sides of the track, and to provide a closure delay on the exit side to allow vehicles that may get stuck between the gates to get off the tracks.

Illustration with a high-speed train crossing diagonally through the scene, a satellite, radar, and tower are communicating with the train; vehicles are parked at gates which are blocking the track as the train passes; an operator is monitoring conditions from computers.

Footnotes

1. UC Berkeley Safe Transportation Education and Research Center

Resources

High-Speed Rail Safety Program factsheet

Contact

Safety
(916) 324-1541
info@hsr.ca.gov

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