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Do Blocked Railroad Crossings Endanger Your Community? Tell Us More.

by Ruth Baron, Topher Sanders and Dan Schwartz

In communities across America, trains come to a stop at railroad crossings, sometimes blocking traffi…

In communities across America, trains come to a stop at railroad crossings, sometimes blocking traffic for hours. The federal government has amassed tens of thousands of reports of such incidents in the past year alone from nearly every state.

This is more than an inconvenience: Our reporters have heard from emergency medical workers and patients about trains blocking crossings in ways that have kept ambulances and those in need of assistance from hospitals, and members of fire and police departments have told us about delayed responses to calls. We have witnessed people climbing through or over the cars of stationary trains, including students trying to get to school.

We’d like to understand how these safety issues are experienced by as many communities as possible. Insights from EMS, firefighters, police, parents, educators and others will help us tell the most impactful stories possible.

We appreciate you sharing your story and we take your privacy seriously. We are gathering these stories for the purposes of our reporting and will contact you if we wish to publish any part of your story.


This content originally appeared on Articles and Investigations - ProPublica and was authored by by Ruth Baron, Topher Sanders and Dan Schwartz.


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