Smart Cities Dive

$1.1B available for railroad grade-crossing safety

The Crossing Safety Program aims to address the over 2,000 collisions and nearly 300 fatalities yearly since 2021.
WYFF

Closed railroad crossings raise concern over response time for first responders

FROM BECOMING A VICTIM IN. WYFF INVESTIGATE. SEVERAL RAILROAD CROSSINGS WERE CLOSED IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY, WITH FIRST RESPONDERS AND NEIGHBORS SAYING THEY NEVER GOT NOTICE. EIGHT RAILROAD CROSSINGS ...
Railway Age

USDOT: $1.1B for Safety Infrastructure at Railroad Crossings

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) on April 24 announced a $1.1 billion investment into improving safety ...
AOL

Train coming? What to do if you get stuck on the tracks

Brian Owens’ hardest days at work are the ones where he speaks with the emergency workers who are first on the scene when a multi-ton train and a human body collide. “Generally, you’re picking up ...