Transportation:

Quiet Zone Solutions

Kirkham Michael is a leader in developing quiet zones. We can also assist your community with rail safety and mitigation. Our services include:

Quiet Zone Services

• Identify potential quiet zones
• Conduct on-site diagnostic field work
• Update US DOT Crossing Inventory Forms
• Submit formal FRA quiet zone application and acquire approval
• Evaluate quiet zone risk indices
• Prepare conceptual layouts for supplemental safety measures (SSMs) at rail crossings
• Provide public outreach and public education materials
• Negotiate issues with state, local, and rail officials on behalf of your city or county
• Traffic control, operations analysis, and intersection planning
• Prepare traffic impact studies and coordinate noise testing

rail safety and mitigation Services

• Grade separation design
• Signal crossing design
• Operational analysis and intersection planning