Grade Crossing and Rail Consolidation Study

In the City of Danville, train traffic divides the community and causes roadway user backups,

slower emergency response times, fatalities and discourages the use of non-motorized

transportation at five at-grade crossings on Bowman Avenue, Voorhees Street and Main Street.

To alleviate these quality-of-life challenges, City staff is proposing to determine if either a series

of grade separations, rail consolidation, or some combination of the two alternatives would be a

project that could be funded through large US DOT grant programs that require benefit-cost

ratios greater than 1.0. This study will complete enough data analysis to produce the benefitcost

analysis and determine if a given alternative would be more acceptable to stakeholders. Documents. Â