Bill to improve highway-rail crossing safety moves out of U.S. House committee

There are more than 200,000 places in America where roads cross railroad tracks at grade—no overpass, no tunnel, just pavement meeting rail. Last year, 263 people died at those crossings, including 117 pedestrians. A bill that just cleared a House committee would push states and railroads to work together on reducing those numbers, with federal oversight and regular progress reports. It passed unanimously, which is rare enough these days to be its own kind of news. Dan Zukowski with SmartCitiesDive has the full story.

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