March 18, 2020 | Headlines, NS, Operation Lifesaver
(Source: Herald-Mail, March 17, 2020) GREENCASTLE, Pa. — The parents of five children recorded by surveillance cameras running on railroad tracks as a train approached in Greencastle last month have been charged with reckless endangering and trespassing. Full story:...
March 12, 2020 | Headlines, Operation Lifesaver
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 12, 2020) For the first time in 15 years, the House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials held a hearing to address grade crossing safety. Subcommittee Chairman Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.) called the Feb. 5...
February 13, 2020 | Headlines, Operation Lifesaver
(Source: Operation Lifesaver press release, February 12, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new safety video released today by Operation Lifesaver, Inc.(OLI), the national nonprofit rail safety education organization, is targeting professional drivers of cement, dump and...
February 6, 2020 | FRA, Headlines, Operation Lifesaver
(Source: Operation Lifesaver press release, February 5, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rachel Maleh, Executive Director of Operation Lifesaver, Inc. (OLI), today testified on the organization’s role in improving safety at grade crossings and along railroad rights of way,...
February 6, 2020 | FRA, Headlines, Operation Lifesaver
(Source: Progressive Railroading, February 5, 2020) California, New York, Florida and Texas consistently logged the highest number of fatal railroad trespasser strikes by trains over a five-year period, according to a new report by the Federal Railroad Administration...
January 29, 2020 | Headlines, Operation Lifesaver
(Source: Operation Lifesaver press release, January 28, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Operation Lifesaver, Inc. (OLI) received renewed grant funding for its rail safety education efforts in 2020 from the Posner Foundation of Pittsburgh, OLI Executive Director Rachel Maleh...
January 16, 2020 | Headlines, Operation Lifesaver
(Source: Operation Lifesaver press release, January 14, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Operation Lifesaver, Inc., (OLI) the national, nonprofit rail safety education organization, is providing a new resource that offers effective messaging and techniques to the news media...
January 14, 2020 | Amtrak, Headlines, Operation Lifesaver
(Source: News & Observer, January 13, 2020) MORRISVILLE, N.C. — Two days after Thanksgiving, a four-door Honda Accord got stuck on the railroad tracks at the intersection of Aviation Parkway and Chapel Hill Road. The driver and two passengers managed to get out...
January 8, 2020 | Headlines, Operation Lifesaver
(Source: Operation Lifesaver press release, January 7, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Operation Lifesaver, Inc. (OLI), the national nonprofit rail safety education organization, is launching a new public service announcement (PSA) campaign that brings attention to the...
November 14, 2019 | FRA, Headlines, Operation Lifesaver
(Source: Transport Topics, November 13, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Railroad Administration has issued a proposed rule that would require states to develop highway-rail grade crossing action plans — or update the action plans they have. Full story: Transport...
