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Operation Lifesaver Launches Inaugural ENS Sign Awareness Day on June 24

June 16, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire
Operation Lifesaver is urging the public to recognize and understand how to use Emergency Notification System (ENS) signs – not just on the first-ever Emergency Notification System Sign Awareness Day, taking place Tuesday, June 24, 2025, but year-round.

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New Mexico Railway Safety Act Races Through First Committee

February 6, 2025 Source New Mexico
A legislative panel on Tuesday gave the green light to a proposal to protect train workers, passengers and the communities built next to freight train routes, though it still has two more stops before it can go to a vote in the House of Representatives.

FRA

Feds Give Away Announces More Than $1.1 Billion in Taxpayer Money to Reduce Collisions, Blocked Railroad Crossings

January 10, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire
The Federal Railroad Administration has awarded more than $1.1 billion in Railroad Crossing Elimination Grant Program funding to 123 rail projects, improving or studying more than 1,000 highway-rail crossings nationwide.

FRA

SCDOT to Hold Richland County Public Information Meeting

November 26, 2024 Railfanning.org News Wire
The South Carolina Department of Transportation and the city of Columbia, South Carolina; the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Railroad Administration, will host an in-person public meeting next month about the Assembly Street railroad separation project to reduce traffic congestion caused by train crossings.

FTA

Operation Lifesaver Awards Online Transit Safety Pledge Grant to Hampton Roads Transit

November 14, 2024 Railfanning.org News Wire
Operation Lifesaver announced the recipient of its Transit Safety Pledge Grant, which was made possible by funding from the Federal Transit Administration.

FTA

OLI: Rail Safety Public Awareness Grants Awarded Across Nation

October 30, 2024 Railfanning.org News Wire
Operation Lifesaver announced the recipients of the 2024 Rail Transit Safety Education Public Awareness Grants.

Safety

Operation Lifesaver Welcomes Seven New Leaders

October 17, 2024 Railfanning.org News Wire
Operation Lifesaver has welcomed new leaders to direct Operation Lifesaver programs in six states — Georgia, Louisiana, New Hampshire, Oregon, Vermont and West Virginia — and the District of Columbia.

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Railroads, Organizations and Communities Recognize Safety Week

September 23, 2024 Railfanning.org News Wire
Railroads, organizations and communities are recognizing railroad safety as part of a week designated for preventing tragedies on the tracks.

FRA

Report: Congress Should Empower Regulatory Agencies to Address Long Trains

September 17, 2024 Railfanning.org News Wire
The heightened safety challenges and operational demands of long freight trains require coordinated actions from major freight railroad companies, the Federal Railroad Administration, and Congress. That’s according to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Safety

Operation Lifesaver Awards Grants for Crossing Safety Public Awareness Campaigns in 12 States

September 16, 2024 Railfanning.org News Wire
Operation Lifesaver, in partnership with the Federal Highway Administration, recently announced $200,000 in competitive crossing safety awareness grants to Operation Lifesaver programs in 12 states.

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