Google plans to work with the Federal Railroad Administration to add crossings. — -- A potentially life-saving new feature marking the location of railroad crossings will be integrated into ...

(WTNH)–The Federal Railroad Administration estimates about 270 people are killed at railroad crossings every year. Now, new safety measures are being put in place to try and decrease that number. In ...

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As more drivers today rely on smartphones and other GPS technology for directions, the ability of those devices to distract attention from the road has become a major safety issue. Many feel the ...

The Northern Pacific and the Milwaukee Road are just a few of the famous railroads that once served the Puget Sound Country as far back as the 1870s. And while the old lines merged to ultimately ...

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on Dec. 17, 2015 announced the addition of the Rail Heritage Map to its online Railroad Map Depot created and maintained by the STB’s Office of Environmental ...

Every railroad crossing in our region will soon be plotted out on Google’s Maps application as federal regulators work to reduce a recent spike in accidents. The Federal Railroad Administration ...

(TNS) -- Your smartphone’s maps app may soon talk to you about the location of railroad crossings. Audio and visual alerts are coming to mobile users as a result of a new partnership between Google ...

We’ve been in touch with train buff, map-lover, and Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society Mark Ovenden to learn more about his latest book Railway Maps of the World. Please tell us a bit about the ...

As shared by a Redditor on the /r/GoogleMaps subreddit, Google appears to be adding railroad crossing alerts. The notification, which appears near railroad crossings, warns drivers of possible delays, ...