Level crossing warnings system

Purpose and goal:

The initial purpose of the prestudy has been to develop, test and evaluate an innovative digital concept that automatically warns road users of approaching traffic in OBPK, in order to then be able to use the knowledge and further develop the concept in an adjacent project. The goals have been to analyze technology, requirements and economic conditions and implementation possibilities for a system that minimizes accidents at level crossings.

Expected results and effects:

A successful proof-of-concept of a developed mobile application based on geofencing technology and simulated sensor data for detection of trains. Literature reviews relevant to the pre-study´s development work have strengthened the consortium´s knowledge base on, e.g., the design of the warning, programming languages, cybersecurity, requirements and steering documents from the Swedish Transport Administration level crossings, system components, and insights of that the solution idea must be adapted whether the mobile telephone network is available or not.

Approach and implementation:

From regular coordination meetings the pre-study began by composing a timetable and an implementation description. Then, literature studies relevant to the pre-study were initiated. In parallel, different ways of disseminating achieved results were discussed.

For example, Ingenjörsdagen, Female Engineering Network and conference papers for ITS World Congress. At the same time, planning of how a proof-of-concept of a developed security solution could be implemented were performed and accomplished.