2015

Contacts

- Operation Lifesaver Inc.

– jrose at oli.org
– Joyce Rose, President & CEO
– Operation Lifesaver, Inc.
– 1420 King Street, Suite 201
– Alexandria, VA 22314
– U.S.A.
– Telephone number : 011-1-703-739-0308
– Contact names and coordinates of the Press/Communication person(s) :

  • Libby Rector Snipe
  • +1-703-703-0284
  • lrectorsnipe at oli.org

- and the Association of American Railroads: AAR
– Michael Martino
– E-mail address : mmartino at aar.org
– Telephone number : + 1 202-639-2212
– Contact names and coordinates (tel, email address) of the Press/Communication person(s) in my company :

  • Ed Greenberg
  • + 1-202-639-2346
  • egreenberg at aar.org

Look at the last statistics: http://oli.org/about-us/news/statistics


Total number of LC in 2010 : 211,708
Total number of LC in 2011 : 210,874
Total number of LC in 2012 : 210,315
Total number of LC in 2013 : 209,566
Total number of LC in 2014 : 209,112

these numbers include public and private LC

Total number of crossing accidents in 2010: 2,052
Total number of crossing accidents in 2011: 2,061
Total number of crossing accidents in 2012: 1,985
Total number of crossing accidents in 2013 : 2,096
Total number of crossing accidents in 2014 : 2,280

Total number of crossing fatalities in 2010: 261
Total number of crossing fatalities in 2011: 250
Total number of crossing fatalities in 2012: 230
Total number of crossing fatalities in 2013 : 231
Total number of crossing fatalities in 2014 : 267

  • Total length of lines (km) * 225,308.16 km

_Total number of train km/year (thousands) : 58980.848 shown in millions

for more stats

List of partners of AAR

  • Operation Lifersaver USA, Association of American Railraods, BNSF Railway, Canadian National , Canadian Pacific, CSX, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific

-* List of partners of OL Inc

  • the U.S. Department of Transportation, including the Federal Railroad Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration; Major U.S. freight railroads: BNSF Railway, Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, CSX, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific; U.S. Passenger railway, Amtrak; short line railroads across the U.S.; State Departments of Transportation throughout the U.S.; local law enforcement agencies across the U.S., commuter rail agencies including Metra Rail in Chicago, IL; CalTrain in California; SunRail and TriRail in Florida; and many more.
  • List of awareness measures by OL inc
  • Release of Operation Lifesaver, Inc.’s new video public service announcement (VPSA) on level crossing safety, part of the national “See Tracks? Think Train!” safety campaign at www.seetracksthinktrain.org; TV and radio interviews with media outlets mainly in the Top 15 states for crossing and trespass incidents. The media tour will feature Joyce Rose, Dr. Lanny Wilson (rail safety activist from Illinois and father of teen killed in a crossing incident), FRA Acting Administrator Sarah Feinberg, FTA Acting Administrator Therese McMillan, and FHWA Acting Administrator Greg Nadeau. The topic will be the VPSA launch as part of our “See Tracks? Think Train!” campaign, and the OL/DOT partnership to reduce crossing incidents across the country. In addition, Operation Lifesaver programs will hold events in at least 20 states across the U.S. including Alabama, Arkansas. California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin.

-* Publications
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    CSX REPORT ON ILCAD 2015

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