In an effort to better address the problem in New Jersey, NJ Transit has teamed up with Rutgers University to study technology that can detect pedestrians, and in theory, increase safety around railroad crossings.
We’re at a little bit of a loss at how to deal with pedestrians.” “I think we’ve worked out how to stop cars from getting hit (by trains). “I think pedestrians at crossings are a big deal,” said Ian Savage, a rail safety expert at Northwestern University. In fact, pedestrians account for more than one-third of all deaths at railroad crossings in the United States. Rail safety experts and transit agencies across the country have been perplexed as they’ve watched a spike of pedestrians hit and killed at railroad crossings. NJ Transit isn’t the only agency struggling with increased pedestrian casualties at crossings.
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