More than nine times a week, a tractor-trailer and a train collide, and there are many more near-hits than collisions. Every three hours in the U.S., a person or vehicle is hit by a train. Trains can ...

Raising awareness about the need to remain vigilant around rail crossings constitutes a message both the public and the system’s operators should take seriously. Currently, a PSA targeting one ...

Editor's note: this article was updated to correct the name of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission and its spokesperson. Safety improvements are being considered for a Penn Township railroad ...

Safety features are being added at a Penn Township railroad crossing where trucks and Norfolk Southern freight trains collided in separate incidents one week apart in June.

It's a familiar frustration for Metro Detroit drivers: the flashing red lights and clanging bell of a railroad crossing about to close. But in communities where complaints about blocked crossings are ...