Feds to states: Make sure traffic lights connected to railroad crossings are working
Goal is to reduce fatalities
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is urging state departments of transportation to verify that railroad crossing warning systems interconnected to traffic lights function properly. The agency also urged states to add event recorders to traffic lights connected to railroad crossing systems so information obtained during inspections can be used to improve safety. Across the United States, there are nearly 5,000 railroad crossings interconnected with traffic lights. View a state-by-state list of crossings connected to traffic lights: http://www.fra.dot.gov/eLib/Details/L17343.
“Reducing fatalities at railroad crossings is an achievable goal. But we can only achieve it if federal, state and local governments work together with railroads to verify that these crossings connected to traffic lights work properly,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx.