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The projects aim to reduce risks for motorists and pedestrians at rail crossings while expanding passenger rail access along Florida’s Space Coast.
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The FRA recommends other railroads review program, which uses flexible delineators at railroad crossings and enhanced GPS alerts.
Read More →A train traveling at 55 miles per hour can take approximately one mile, or the length of about 18 football fields to stop.
Read More →In 2018 alone, 270 people were killed at railroad crossings.
Read More →Will fund a variety of rail crossing safety and trespass prevention public education projects in conjunction with OLI's Rail Safety Week.
Read More →The safety issue continues to be a growing problem as distracted or confused motorists, some using GPS devices, inadvertently turn onto tracks instead of parallel roadways.
Read More →Metro’s CEO Tom Lambert told the Chronicle that 60% of the agency’s accidents are illegal left turns along the rail corridor, which is what the agency will focus its increased efforts on.
Read More →The new materials include two animated videos aimed at risk-taking younger males and three music videos.
Read More →A look at the deadly situations people put themselves in when making a video on or near railroad tracks, from Operation Lifesaver Inc., the national rail safety education nonprofit. This public service announcement raises awareness of the dangers of trespassing on railroad property.
Read More →Metra police issued more than 200 citations to motorists and pedestrians who failed to obey railroad gates and signals or trespassed on railroad property.
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